One mans junk is another mans treasure...I highly stand behind this saying!
A couple of months ago I found this Gem of a chair in the trash by an apartment building in Brooklyn. The cushion was ripped apart and it was a mess, but nothing a little TLC wouldn't fix!
I brought this baby home and immediately brought it to the backyard where I performed upholstery surgery! I stripped it completely of all fabric, cushion, nails, springs and tacks. It took me a good 2 hours to remove everything and bring it down to just the frame.
I purchased gorgeous fabric at $3.99 a yard. I purchased 3 yards and probably used about 1.5 yards total on this. I used about 200 upholstery tacks as well. I made a template for the seat and had it cut out of wood.
I painted the entire chair with antique black paint, I made sure I got every nook and cranny of the details. When completely dried, I then used a dry brush and lightly painted with metallic gold paint and then metallic silver on certain spots. I made sure to only paint the outer parts of the wood so that the black would show giving that antique feel.
I drilled the seat on, added foam cushion which cost about $2.00 and also I added a feather down pillow for comfort. The next day I sewed the material to the cushion for the top backing of the chair.
This was such an easy and fun project to work on, and the end result made me proud! In all I spent about $20.00 on this baby!
I am very pleased with the end result and it is beyond
comfortable! I made an ottoman for it as well from an antique piece my
mom had given me years ago.I will post that soon.
So the next time you see a great find in the trash and it's looking a tad dingy, take it, call it yours and re create it!
xoxo
Oh my goodness, this is beautifully done! I've never reupholstered anything before. To be honest, it kind of scares the pants off me. But I do have an old wooden reading chair I'd love to reupholster. Any chance you could do a simple step-by-step reupholster tutorial someday?
ReplyDeleteHi Britney,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your compliments!
This was very easy actually! I am not happy with the cushion though. Honestly the cut of the wood was way off (too short) and I wanted to finish it so badly that I used it anyway... that proved that shortcuts (no pun intended) don't always work out! ;)
I can definitely do a tutorial on my next upholstery project!!!!