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Sunday, February 22, 2009
More upholstery projects!
Christina was in town and craved a project. So we re-upholstered two dining room chairs. Cynthia helped with the cording, and Chad helped with re-assemblage.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
CHAIR!
This weekend I took an upholstery class.
I started with this chair, Sneezy. The ladies of Spruce Upholstery (where we took the class) found it in an old asylum in Brady, TX. Spooky. Dusty.
Day One:
First I stripped the chair. With the help of ultimate-mini-pry, a very small upholstery staple remover, and a mallet, I removed the many tacks and staples that held the vinyl onto the frame of the chair. Then all of the vinyl, nasty worn-out foam, and burlap came out. After that, I re-burlaped the seat and put new foam and dacron down. Class was over, but I had less then twenty-four hours to re-finish the wood. So Chad devised a wire-hanger hanging system for me to poly the wood after he sanded everything down. We were up until one in the morning re-finishing the wood, but were pleased with the results.
Day Two:
Stretched and stapled the fabric and cording on the seat and began work on the back, which involved a lot of the same materials (burlap, foam, dacron and STAPLES!) and similar work (stretching until hands, wrists and shoulders could take no more). Then the legs and arms went back together and I finished up the back of the back (more burlap, foam, dacron, STAPLES! and stretching, stretching, stretching). The back of the back also involved some fancy metal clamps and the register - pushing the fabric into the metal so that none of the frayed edges show. The last step was the dust cover on the bottom.
Voila! Here's the finished product. So excited for Sneezy to join the Roosterhaus living room!
My friend Cynthia took the class with me. Her chair, Doc, was different - involving more glue and spray paint and a staggering number of staples. I think the result was equally awesome.
I started with this chair, Sneezy. The ladies of Spruce Upholstery (where we took the class) found it in an old asylum in Brady, TX. Spooky. Dusty.
Day One:
First I stripped the chair. With the help of ultimate-mini-pry, a very small upholstery staple remover, and a mallet, I removed the many tacks and staples that held the vinyl onto the frame of the chair. Then all of the vinyl, nasty worn-out foam, and burlap came out. After that, I re-burlaped the seat and put new foam and dacron down. Class was over, but I had less then twenty-four hours to re-finish the wood. So Chad devised a wire-hanger hanging system for me to poly the wood after he sanded everything down. We were up until one in the morning re-finishing the wood, but were pleased with the results.
Day Two:
Stretched and stapled the fabric and cording on the seat and began work on the back, which involved a lot of the same materials (burlap, foam, dacron and STAPLES!) and similar work (stretching until hands, wrists and shoulders could take no more). Then the legs and arms went back together and I finished up the back of the back (more burlap, foam, dacron, STAPLES! and stretching, stretching, stretching). The back of the back also involved some fancy metal clamps and the register - pushing the fabric into the metal so that none of the frayed edges show. The last step was the dust cover on the bottom.
Voila! Here's the finished product. So excited for Sneezy to join the Roosterhaus living room!
My friend Cynthia took the class with me. Her chair, Doc, was different - involving more glue and spray paint and a staggering number of staples. I think the result was equally awesome.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Another contender.
Chad and I were fond of the light blue but felt that it was, perhaps, too light. Since we were so fond of the blue we found for barn door #2, we decided to try one step down in an exterior satin. Here is the result.
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