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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Vintage Chair Redo

Remember way back in November when I posted a How to Reupholster Tutorial starting with deconstructing a chair here.?  I promised a follow up Part 2 Putting the Chair back together post that never happened.  My camera had died, and then the hubbub of Christmas took over the house, and I never got the post up.  Well here's what she looked like put back together.

Let's rewind a bit.  Here's what the chair looked like when I pulled her out of my friend's attic.

After completely stripping her down, and removing springs, horsehair padding, and about a million tiny little nails, I was left with a bare frame,

and some repairs to make.  A little bit of wood glue and some clamps tightened things up.

Inspired by some fabulous red-tagged outdoor fabric, I spray painted the frame a hammered metal gun-metal grey.

And then it was just a matter of replacing the upholstery strapping, cutting foam to fit, and using my handy dandy pneumatic gun to blast a couple hundred staples into the fabric.  I wish I had more detailed pics of the process, but it's really just pulling the fabric tight and pulling the trigger.

I added some upholstery tacks to hide any visible staples.

This chair will be my new office chair for my planned new closet office space.  Look for some future posts about that upcoming project.

Thanks for popping in and upholstering with me.
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16 comments:

  1. What a fantastic transformation! So cheery!

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  2. Great job on the chair! Found you via the Linky hop and have become your newest Linky follower. Look forward to reading your future posts. Hope you have a chance to visit and perhaps follow me back.

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  3. What fun looking chair. Love the redo and the fabric is fabulous! You did a great job.

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  4. Wow, what a difference! In the before photo it looks so lumpy and uncomfortable, but now it looks amazing!

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  5. I am loving the bold print on that chair. It just pops. Great redo! Vicky from Mess For Less

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  6. Isn't interesting that the mod bold pattern looks so at home on the Victorian frame? Stunning.

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  7. Fun print and great job. But I cannot get over owning a pneumatic gun. Such a statement. Jane

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  8. You did such a wonderful job! Sometimes, I am intimidated to take on projects like this, but you seriously knocked it out of the park! I write a blog about thrifting/diy/fashion at www.goodlifeblog.org. Have a happy Monday!

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  9. This is so great! What a transformation. I love the tutorial, this kind of project definitely takes some patience!! Just beautiful!!
    Karah

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  10. I love the updated fabric on the antique chair. You did a great job!

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  11. How FUN is that?! I have a similar chair in my barn. (I found myself saying that to alot of people about their stuff - uhhh you should see my barn! haha!) Anyways I'd love if you linked this up over on the Korner for Trash 2 Treasure Tuesdays. http://kammyskorner.blogspot.com/2012/02/trash-2-treasure-tuesday-19-plus.html

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  12. that is fabulous! so very fun- i love that eclectic and vibrant fabric!

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  13. What a great, fun chair! Nice work. :)
    -Revi

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  14. That fabric you chose is so awesome! You really did a great number on that chair, I would have ran scared in the other direction:) I wanted to invite you over to share at my cheap finds and transfomation party also if you are up for it. Here's the link in case you're interested and can't wait to see how your chair works its way into your new office. Have a great week! http://www.thescottscrib.com/2012/01/lathrifta-strikes-gold-lathriftas-cheap.html

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  15. Whoah! This is wild, I have a set of 4 of those chairs! All in "interesting" shape. I redo furniture too, but the springs have intimidated me soo much I've put these chairs on the back burner. I'll have to give them a try once I finish a few other pieces. Were the springs terrible to fix?

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