Hi everyone! I hope you all had a WONDERFUL weekend. Mine was BUSY but fantastic. I am hoping to have a blog written up about my design surprise that I did Sunday (with the help of my husband and one of my dear friends trusting me with her house!) so stay tuned for that. I am thinking maybe Monday will be design ideas for sometime and I hope you also like that idea. Feel free to leave comments on your thoughts for what I should blog about as I am open to suggestions if you want to see how something is done!
I have refurbished many things in our house which were given to us from my parents when we first got married to help us from breaking the bank so we didn't need to go buy it for ourselves (coffee/side tables of living room, dining room table, end table, etc). Refurbishing is a great budget friendly way to make something which is old, new again. With a little confidence, guidance/knowledge, and time almost anyone can refinish things.
Now, I have one more item to add to the list of what I have done! I just finished re-upholstering our wing chair. I beat my husband with starting the project before he could get a picture of what it looked like before but this is the closest I have.
Here is an up close picture of the fabric that I put on it!
As much as I loved the off white fabric that it was in, when it was moved to up here it got dirty and when I tried to cleaned it the spots just spread no matter what I did. So, I decided I would try my luck and re-upholster it! I have never done a full chair before, only the seats of our dining room chairs which was super easy and surprisingly this one quite easy for me to do also! Just a few hours of my time, LOTS of staples, some super glue, a zipper, a hammer, and a sewing machine, I was done! Here are all the pictures throughout the process, enjoy!
These two pieces are held on by nails which were put in them before the fabric shown was stapled on. What a clever way to cover up the fabric seems that are on the front of the arm rest and super easy to put on, just need a hammer and remember where the nails you put in them are located to reapply! I did not start over from scratch on this chair meaning I took off the pieces but used several over and just placed that new fabric on with it. The ONLY area I did not do this with was the sides of the chair. Plus, I used the batting material over again as well so I didn't have to buy more batting and kept it stapled to the chair if I could.
This picture shows once I got the rough sizing down for the back how I went about getting it on. Where the arms meet the back you actually tuck the fabric in and you can pull it through from the back and staple it to secure.
The arms get tucked in from the bottom of the chair like the back fabric did. Just tuck it down the sides and flip the chair over, you will find the fabric peeking though pull it snug and staple to the chair!
This is a picture of the sides in which I did not use the old fabric over and layer the new one. Why? Because I had to take the whole old fabric piece off anyway and the batting was a nice solid piece so, I kept the batting stapled onto the bottom of the chair and just added the new fabric and stapled it in place.
For the back it was truly the most "challenging" part however, if you take note of everything you to when you take the chair apart you know EXACTLY what to do in order to put it back on. This back had tacks lining the top curved part of the material. I place the new fabric onto the old and pushed the tacks through. I then hammered the tacks into the chair.
Thanks to my dear friend and neighbor, Veronica I was able to complete my project by using her sewing machine (Mine bit the dust when I used it to make outdoor cushions for my bud, Natalie.. it was old... new one to come eventually when the budget allows!). With the sewing machine I cover the existing cushion with a slip cover I made. Do make it easier to get on the zipper was longer then the back by 3 inches. This is so I could extend it to the sides and 'open' the cover as I slipped the old cushion in it.
The end product: The old has been given new life! I am so happy with how it turned out (and so it our cat, Sallie, who sleeps in it daily)! What do you think?
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