Friday, 26 August 2011

More upholstery - drop seats

The summer holidays feel like they have stretched on for eons because I didn't enrol in Upholstery summer school early enough to get a spot this year. But, before I finished up the last term, I began stripping and upholstering the first of four vintage drop seats for a neighbour.  
Old, dusty, brown covers = yuck.



The stripping process was fairly grim, the frame was crammed full of tacks (which are fine) and staples (which AREN'T!)

The frames were in pretty bad shape, so i had a lot of filling to do. 


Strapping (aka webbing) the base. 





All ready for the new school year and a bit of rubberised hair! 

It has been fun learning how to upholster two different types of chairs at the same time. Expect an update soon!

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