DIY – complete!

23Jan12

completed chair pair

So, HERE is where I left the saga of my current reupholstery project: I stripped the chairs of their original pleather, pulled out the foam padding, painted the wood frames red, and had just started adding the new fambric to the frames.  As of this weekend, I have finally had some free time to complete the project!  I replaced the webbing in the seat support (as the old supports had disintegrated) and reused the original foam padding, covering it with the new fabric.  Something new I tried with this project was piping which I created by wrapping some thin rope with the upholstery fabric and sewing it closed.  I then applied it to the base of the seat cushion and all the way around the seat back panel.  Without the piping, I would have probably applied some general trim to hide the staples but I think this gives a much more professional look to the project and I think the fact that the piping matches the upholstery works better with the bold paint color and the bold print – as opposed to adding another color with store-bought trim.  AND VOILA, we have a finished chair (mostly – I still want to cover the bottoms with some muslin before I sell the chairs so that you don’t see the webbing).  But, that won’t show up in pictures, so check out the [essentially] finished chair project below:

before

after

piping detail

fabric + paint detail

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