Reupholstered Chair!

After a monthish of off and on work on this chair, I am done! My parents are getting ready to move, and this chair was in the pile of things to get rid of.

Since I had always wanted to try my hand at reupholstering, I thought this was the perfect opportunity. I purchased some fabric, which was definitely not upholstery-grade... not a huge concern for me. I think I ended up getting 8 yards of the main chair fabric, and three of the cushion fabric. I spent an entire day taking the old fabric off- the amount of staples was just incredible! I had three full blisters on my hand after that day, in addition to the dreaded flare-up of allergies. You see, this was a poor life choice on my part to take apart a chair that had been festering in all of its dust-mite glory for the past 10 or so years. I'm REALLY allergic to dust mites. Two full weeks later, I had recovered from both ailments and was ready to start working again.(The nastiness that collected in the chair. pretzels, coins... you name it!)

I alternated between sewing the cushion and stapling the fabric to the chair... the cushion was super-hard to sew, but it got done. And the chair was stapled and put back together again. Just don't look too close- it's not perfect. All in all, if I could go back, I would reselect the cushion fabric... it just ends up being really busy. And I may decide to tackle that at a later time, in addition to painting the legs. In the meantime, it's finishing school, finding a job, selling and staging two houses, moving, and having fun in the midst of it all.

Should you want more directions or tips on how to reupholster from a definite non-pro, let me know!

Should you want to hire me and/or complete the rest of my to-do list, also let me know!! :)

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