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Re-upholstery SOS

I spent a while online trying to find a good tutorial on re-upholstery. So happy that one click lead to another, which lead to another, which lead me to Amy’s blog, Design Intervention.

Last year she gave her readers a re-upholstery 101 class. She broke it down into 4 separate post and while the chair she worked on is not exactly like mine it’s close enough. I totally feel like I can now tackle it on my own!

Check out her before:

Her after:

Off I go to pick up some cording and contrasting fabric for it!

Thanks for the great tutorial, Amy!

  1. Karen says:
    March 28, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    Love this chair, the color and the fabric are to die for.

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  2. stephanie says:
    March 28, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    that is so funny! I found her blog this weekend also. Isn’t she amazing!?

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  3. Carol-Anne: Use the Good Dishes! says:
    March 28, 2011 at 6:34 pm

    I have 2 chairs to re -do for a client and they are identical to this one…..I bookmarked this bloggers tutorial weeks ago. She has all kinds of great ideas and projects.!

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  4. Maurenice says:
    March 28, 2011 at 7:30 pm

    Thanks for sharing this tutorial! I can’t wait to see what you do with the chairs you are working on now!

    Maurenice
    http://www.villa-bisono.com

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  5. Loretta Fontaine (APPLESandRUBIES) says:
    March 28, 2011 at 9:09 pm

    Camila – Just read the whole tutorial. Never saw a cording foot for a sewing machine before. Did you get one? Can’t wait to see your finished chair!

    Loretta

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  6. designchic says:
    March 28, 2011 at 11:34 pm

    Love the “new” chair…great fabric!!

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  7. reyanna says:
    March 28, 2011 at 11:58 pm

    Oh, thank you SOOOO much for posting this! Both my sister and my dad are the upholsterers in the family, but they’re not nearby to show me how… and now *I* need to upholster some chairs! LOL. Thank you! 😀

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  8. Dina @ Honey + Fitz says:
    March 29, 2011 at 7:18 am

    Her blog is amazing right? I was ready to shell out major $$$ and have some Louis chairs reupholstered but her tutorials totally convinced me to take it on myself. Too bad I still haven’t started! Well…actually I have but I’m stuck at the very un-fun staple pulling stage.

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  9. Amy @ Design Intervention says:
    April 4, 2011 at 5:19 pm

    Wow! What a fun surprise to be directed over to your blog and see that you featured my chair! I’m so glad that the re-upholstery tutorials have been so inspiring and helpful!! Can’t wait to see your chairs re-done!

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  10. markcmartin15@gmail.com says:
    August 21, 2012 at 5:26 pm

    Your post is really nice. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This can help me a lot with my business. Our specialty is custom upholstery — our talented craftsmen not only reupholster, but custom design and build brand new furniture just for you upholstery kittery ME

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