Before & After

This recent job involved a major overhaul including:

• stripping of the old mahogany-coloured, scratched and dinged wood and complete re-finishing (done by my clever French Polishing accomplice) 
• complete reupholstery from the frame up (new webbing, foam,etc.)
• re-covering using French linen supplied by the chair's owner.

The turned wood on the legs is one of the interesting features of this chair... I've been trying to learn more about this furniture style. If any of you know anything, I'd love to hear from you.

Balloon-back upcycle

This one is hot off the workbench.  The Before pics show how sad she was when I rescued her (she was headed to the scrapheap). I learnt quite a few things on this project - the first was the 'strength' of upholstery. When I removed the covers, (there were several layers,) the chair partly fell apart - some of the joints were broken but the fabric had been holding it all together.

I learnt how to fix joints (by re-building those tenons and mortices,) and also how to antique-paint.  The cover is from a superb piece of linen I had in my collection, and I also figured out how to do the double-piping (that trim around the edges) for the first time.

Before

After

This chair is for sale for $350.00 - please see the For Sale page.