I am a hunter at second hand stores, for real you have to be on the prowl with an open mind if you want to find something that has real hidden potential. I am a fixer my nature, I love testing my abilities. Now let me tell you, upholstery is an ability tester….phew! When I found this little beauty, It was love at first sight. This little sweet pea came upholstered with beautiful gold floral fabric, it was charming, sure, but I just needed to upgrade it so it would last for years to come with more of a timeless feel. Lets take a look.

 

I had already stated working on this chair when I took this picture it, so imagine it with the wood painted a peach color, ( it was not good, I repeat. It had to go!) I started off my stripping and sanding off the paint with my sander. I love love love the metal bar detail! isn’t she charming!

In the next few picture you will see that took off all the fabric and started the upholstering process.  I watched a 40 min tutorial on upholstery and felt like i could do it…I suppose I was feeling confident huh?

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This is the chair completely taken apart down to the stuffing which I left on there and reused. Next I cut a big piece of fabric and started to fit it to the seat of the chair. The next picture is showing the back of the chair how I tucked the corners and finished off the seams (not shown, the actual piece of fabric that i used to cover the back of the chair.) The last picture shows the bottom of the chair and how I used the cardboard stripping to give the bottom a secure and nice finish.

Here is the finished project! Honestly it turned out better that I hoped for my first go at upholstery.

The last step was adding the button detail and hooking on the arm chairs!

I went for a two toned look using a darker mauve tweed fabric for the bottom and a lighter textured velvet fabric on the top. I think the colors complement each other as well as the tone of the wood and the brass bars.

I really love it I hope you do too!

hugs and kisses!

 

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