I couldn't believe my eyes when I found this cute cane back chair at my local community garage sale. And what was more unbelievable was that it was just 5 bucks! Only five smackeroons! You can't even buy a decent lunch for that.
I have never reupholstered anything before and figured no better time to start than on a five dollar chair, where there is room for mistakes.
I started first by removing all the staples. That's right, one by one. I tell you what-it's quite a tedious process. There were thousands of them! The manufacturer must have gone staple crazy too because there seemed to be groupings of three or four staples in one exact spot. Let's just say this chair was not poorly put together.
I tried to be as careful as possible when removing the staples and the chair pads so that I could use the pads as patterns for my new fabric reupholstery.
Opie even wanted to help!
I then spray primed the chair using Rustoleum Spray Primer. The stuff is amazing, even with one coat!
I taped off the side portions of the chair and painted the cane grey. The frame was painted blue. I used my Mouse Sander to distress the chair, making sure to distress the edges of the chair the most, as this is where the aging would show the most if it had aged naturally. (Pictures are missing at this point mostly due to some apparent frustration at this stage)...
I then used the old pads to create patterns for the new fabric. I used my upholstery staple gun to secure the chair pad, and sewed the back pillow together and tacked in to the frame with the same staple gun.
The chair took quite a while to accomplish, but was so worth it! I love how it looks in our front room and it definitely seems to be the focal point now.
Its amazing what light can do to change colors-so I took it outside for the pic! It's more turquoise-y (we're going to say that's a word) than the royal it looks in the pictures taken in my house.
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