Snow, snow go away. The weekly snow storms are putting a damper on my furniture finds. Everyone seems to be snowed in and the pickings at Savers, Goodwill and the Salvation Army have been slim. This week I was gifted a caned chair by one of my co workers. Truth be told she mentioned that she had a ton of stuff to get sell that belonged to her husband parents, who had died in the last year, and a few items from her own basement clean out. I offered to take anything she want to throw out. She brought me this chair that had been sitting in her basement for 30 years. It was pretty solid but the fabric ripped at the touch.
After days of research and pinning inspiration. I decided that I wanted to cover it in a linen like fabric. I purchased a drop cloth to use on my next project but decided against it because the weaver was a little bit wider than I wanted. I purchase 4 yards of fabric and 6 yards of flat trim at
Osgoods.
I love that place. They now have an online store. Fabric nirvana. About half way home I realized I forgot to buy batting. I have a tendency to buy more supplies then I need.just encase there is some un- seen problems looming underneath. With another snow storm on the horizon I thought getting out would be a struggle but I wanted to beat the snow and get home. I hoped that I could find something in my craft closet to use.
I spent the better part of the morning deconstructing it. The foam was in get shape so I just plugged the holes and put a layer of batting over the top.
I decided that staining it was the way to go because the basement is too cold these days so spend any amount of time down there. I gave it one coat of Miniwax with poly stain. This is my first upholstery project so I took a bunch of pictures so I could figure out how it all went back together in the end.
All in all I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. My hands are pretty cut up from removing all the old staples and a have a few blister from the staple gun. I will definitely purchase a power gun before I attempt another upholstery project. I cost me about $30.00 since I only had to purchase the fabric and trim. I really don't have any place to put it yet.
