The Latest Chair Project

First of all, I have to apologize for forgetting to take the before photo of this before and after project. Hopefully you can imagine what it was like by my description--trust me, it needed some TLC.

I found this chair at a yard sale. Still sturdy, but a well-worn finish, and a faded and worn out red seat. It had a caned back, but part of it had popped out of its frame and couldn't be repaired. First of all, this gave me a big fat excuse to buy some of Anna Maria Horner's fabric from her "Drawing Room" line. I love her eclectic and vibrant fabrics, and I thought this would be the perfect project.

So I painted the frame of the chair a slightly blue slate-grey, which was an accent color in the fabric.



Then I put the new fabric on the seat (standard staple gun procedure).



I then took a piece of 1/4" thick plywood (I used plywood because of the thinness and because I knew I would be covering it), traced the outline of the back panel on it and cut with a skil saw. Then I covered one side with bamboo batting and more fabric, cutting carefully so that the certain parts of the design showed. The next step was to cover what would be the back of the panel--no batting, just the fabric. I used a regular crayon and "traced" the shape of the panel, cut, then staple gunned.







The result: