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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Cream and Yellow Chair, Paint and Reupholster.


This was a great piece to work on. Good wood, sturdy, a nice shape to the chair, and something I knew exactly what I wanted it to look like when it was done. 


This chair had some issues when I bought it. Not really beautiful or special at all, kind of looked like a restaurant chair. Plus, the cushion was flat as a rock to sit on, so I knew it was going to need a little extra work. 

I though this would be an easy one day project (yeah right!) Just turning the chair over I knew it would take me a little longer. 
The screws were completely stripped, so that took a good day to work out. I though I would cry when I finally got the last one out. 


Then I began my least favorite thing, pulling staples! In my opinion, the term should be as hard as pulling staples bot teeth. But I do love my staple puller! (And convenient truvia box  staple holder!) The c only part I like about pulling staples is that I can watch TV during the tedious work. 


And boy did I have good TV to watch with this chair!  

And once I had finished all of my fun with staples I removed the fabric and discovered the reason why the cushion was so hard and flat.  The cushion was crumbling! It had definitely seen better days. I used a knife the scrape the cushion off (that was a new one), and then got to work on rebuilding. 


I cut out a nice new piece of foam for the seat that is so much more comfortable than before. I dug into my ever growing pile of fabric and decided on a yellow fabric with a cream design. And then painting started.


I started getting the cream color on and was in love instantly! I also used a polycrylic instead of waxing, which I really liked. I might use it more often in the future. 


Isn't it lovely! I can picture it as someone's office chair or side chair in a dinning room. It's more comfortable, looks amazingly better, and would make the perfect addition to any room!

----Beth

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