Spring and summer is the best time to be on a bargain hunt. In our neck of the woods, it is the time when garage sale signs would mushroom everywhere beginning Friday of each week. Sellers would take it off Sunday and new round of signs come up again on Friday.
For bargain hunters like me, it is a sight to see and to look forward to.
I bought this chair at a garage sale a block away from my house. I paid 15 dollars for it. The owner said, she bought it from a garage sale and thought she would reupholster it but never got the chance to do it after her baby was born and another one came along and then another. Finally, she gained a muscle to put it up in her garage sale. She even gave me the fabric she bought for this chair. I took it, but I did not use it. I'm thinking, probably for my other project.
First, I took pictures,lots of pictures to remind myself how the chair looked like in its original form. Those pictures helped me make the necessary adjustments,
as I worked on installing the fabric and the nails.
To remove the nails, a straight Phillips screw driver works perfectly fine.
Make the repairs if any before sanding it.
I used red mahogany by Minwax,here: http://www.minwax.com/wood-products/stains-color-guide/
I used two coats.
Wait to dry for about 72 hours or until completely dry to touch.
Sand it again using the finest grade of sand paper or steel wool.
When dry, apply clear gloss. While waiting for it to dry, cut fabric.
To make a pattern for the cover,
I laid the fabric I took from the chair on the table and used that to make my pattern.
including the decorative ones that were not severely damaged upon removal.
.. and whoola !! a beautiful addition.
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