HOW TO UPHOLSTER AN OPEN CHAIR BACK - step two

This is part two of how I upholstered an open back chair.

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HOW TO UPHOLSTER AN OPEN CHAIR BACK - step one

I've received many requests asking for this next tutorial on how I upholstered these open  back chairs. This project has been divided into two parts, this article is part one.

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FRENCH CHAIR MAKE OVER - pale provence & drop cloth

Officially today is the first day of summer!! YIPPEE

I am writing to you this morning fresh out of the shower, towel on my head, wrapped in a

 robe, eating cereal, looking out the window in anticipation ...

 only to see another miserably wet day. Time to UPHOLSTER!

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THE BIRTHDAY CHAIR - antique white chair

I finished painting and upholstering that green vintage desk chair

I showed you last week. It was done for a special little girl's birthday.

I have a lot of ppl ask if upholstery is easy,

my answer is usually always the same.

It is the tear down that is horrible.

You are dealing with rusty staples and tacks, and this chair had been

re-upholstered before, making it almost impossible to get all the old staples out.

I actually used an angle grinder to deal with most of them. (don't do this at home)

Sometimes you also find animal hair, grass, cotton, and burlap,

all of which are dusty and dirty. So this is not my favorite thing to do.

Once I get past all that and start to rebuild, repaint, and reupholster

I find it fun!

BLACK AND WHITE TOILE - shabby chic dining chairs

4 tired 70's dining chairs came to me via Uncle Ronnie.

While I was working on a different set of chairs all propped up in the driveway

he stopped in to let me know there was 4 more chairs that needed my help just down the road.

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THE CAPTAIN AND HIS SOLDIERS PT2 - union jack painted upholstery

After painting the frames of these vintage 80's dining chairs, I custom painted the seats with a union jack flag.

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TOILE UPHOLSTERY - french country wooden chairs

When the weather is nice I run ragged working outside getting all sorts of projects painted. Unfortunately not all of them get finished in order but I

have managed to get some Toile chairs finished to share with you.

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NO LONGER JUST A DINING CHAIR - balloon back chair

I really enjoy doing balloon back chairs. Not because they are easy to work on but because I love the shape so much.

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THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG - blue bedroom chair

There will eventually be a second part to this post as this cute antique chair has a partner. They were both painted using blue and white chalk paint.

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FIXING BROKEN DINING CHAIRS - sheild back chairs

I found a set of six vintage shield back dining chairs on CL. They were gorgeous and just what I wanted.

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GEORGE TOLD ME I WAS HOT LAST NIGHT - slipper chair n ottoman

I started writing this post several days ago

just as something was hitting me and hitting me hard,

which I'll explain at the end.

I completed this slipper chair with the help of

my sister awhile back, that post can be seen here.

The purchasers of this chair also requested a matching ottoman.

Taya and Matt are a lovely young couple and repeat customers.

I had the matching fabric and a couple of useful pieces waiting for redo.

The question would be ... would one of them work?

Attempt one, was too small,

Attempt two, was too tall,

Attempt three, was just right.

If you look closely you might realize this ottoman was made from

the only salvageable part of another arm chair, with great legs.

I've been MIA for the last few days due to a case of severe strep

 throat. If you have ever been afflicted with this condition I now

 understand and sympathize. I couldn't talk, eat, swallow, and the

 worst part for me was not thinking straight due to a high fever for

 36hrs straight. After a midnight visit to the hospital and high doses

 of medication, the doc says it will take a few more days till I

 started to feel normal again and I'm still having trouble eating and

 drinking but I'm definitely back, with a funny sounding voice.

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VINTAGE WHITE CHENILLE - reupholstered french chair

Earlier I showed the *BEFORE* of a little french chair I had been working on. It is now finished and ready to show off.

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GARBAGE WEEK, A SISTER, AND A STRANGER - french slipper chair

It started with an email from a stranger.

Hi I have seen your posts and love what you do. It is "junk day"

 pick up tomorrow. Anyway my neighbor has a credenza and table

 out. French Provincial style. Free for the pick up. If interested

 you need to come soon Let me know and I could get it for you.

Any ideas what we did next?

but those items you'll have to wait to see.

The subject of this post is about the next day

and my loving sister coming out to see what

 else could be found.

We had a late morning start, bad traffic, and a

 doctors appointment for the nephews we had to be

 back for, leaving us with only 30 minutes to scour

 the road sides for treasures.

Did I mention it was pouring rain?

She saw the chair first but we couldn't stop because of

traffic so it would have to wait till we came back this way.

BEFORE

DURING

AFTER

Needless to say we got it.

I'll never forget my sister, 5'5 135lbs picking this

 chair up and running across the busy road before a

 semi truck barrelled past.

• dropcloth skirting
• white cord trim from a fancy comforter
• upholstery is from a heavy weight duvet cover
• double welting from the same duvet cover

I'm always buying new and beautiful bed covers. A lot of them
are heavy weight, good quality, and sometimes vintage. So when I need
to upholster something the first place I look is my linen stash.

If you want to read about the cute little table in the

 pictures it can be found here. 

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BUTTON TUFTING MY WAY - tutorial

This vintage chair really needed some help.

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VINTAGE DRESSING BENCH

 

 

 

 

Isn't this the cutest dressing bench you have ever seen?

go with me here ppl ...

Pictured below is what this cute little bench use to look like.

 

 

 

 

 

I added some primer and paint to the base

 

 I added in a little de-construction of the seat

 

I added some new foam and fabric

I also added some pretty trim

 

and to finish it off I added it to a dressing vanity

and you get a VINTAGE DRESSING BENCH

any girl would want.

 

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