I finally finished upholstering the arm-chair in my living room, and I really mean “finally” — I started this project in the Fall and got frustrated with it and came up with an excuse to not work on it every weekend after that. But now that it’s done I’m so happy with the final look!
Here’s what the chair looked like before, I pulled back the sun-faded navy fabric and found crazy psychedelic flowers underneath:
And here’s another look at what it looks like after some blood sweat and tears:
I finally finished my upholstery class and have a brand spankin’ new desk chair to show for it. Here is what the chair looked like before:
And totally stripped down during the class:
And voila! My finished project:
And just for good measure, a nice before and after shot, side by side:
Now I’m already scheming my next upholstery project, practice makes perfect, right?
I finally finished my upholstered headboard project this weekend (with only a few minor speedbumps along the way). At the last minute I changed my mind and switched from the grey ikea fabric to a velvety golden yellow color; I decided that since I haven’t yet fallen in love with a new bedspread that I would choose an upholstery fabric that would match with both my old and new color schemes.
I decided that using a big piece of plywood like I had originally planned was going to be too cumbersome with my 1. lack of car and 2. possible moving at the end of the summer… so I substituted the heavy wood idea with a frame made out of stretcher strips used for stretching canvases:
In another attempt to substitute, instead of using an expensive piece of decorators foam, I bought an egg crate foam pad from target and cut it to fit the frame, which I then attached with staples:
Then I laid out the fabric and stretched and stapled it just like assembling a canvas:
And after attaching some picture hangers to the back of the canvas and nailing it up to the wall, voila! my upholstered headboard is complete:
Now onto the next project… pillows?
