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!
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My living room is one of the rooms that evolved drastically from when we first moved one. Originally I painted the walls chocolate brown and did accents of white, blue and orange. That lasted maybe 2 years.
Our dining room sat empty for months. Okay maybe it was empty for just a handful of weeks and then we couldn’t take it anymore and put in a folding table and plastic outdoor chairs, but in my mind that was still empty.
On the main floor of our house we have a Florida room. Being that it’s a Florida room it is a considered a 3 season room, because there is no heat in the room. The previous owners used it as an indoor patio with outdoor furniture and it looked like this when we moved in.
Love this chair, the color and the fabric are to die for.
that is so funny! I found her blog this weekend also. Isn’t she amazing!?
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.!
Thanks for sharing this tutorial! I can’t wait to see what you do with the chairs you are working on now!
Maurenice
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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
Love the “new” chair…great fabric!!
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! 😀
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.
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!
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