At the beginning of the summer I picked up something called a "coffee table dining set" on FreeCycle. It's basically a table the size of a dining room table, but at the height of a coffee table. The table came with four very cool armed chairs that look like vintage dining room chairs, but are short to fit under the table. It's the chairs that got me—they are pretty darn cool. I'm guessing the whole set is from the early sixties.
So how is that this set has become a side project? Well, the upholstering on the chairs is totally trashed. And it's obvious that the set was well esteemed in the family because it has tags on if from the last reupholstering it had in West Virginia. Now it's my project. I'm guessing that since I have a toddler it will probably take me about four years to complete the project. By the way, if you've never reupholstered anything, it's an amazing amount of work to take all the fabric off since you need to preserve it for a pattern, not to mention documenting the whole thing so that everything gets put back in the right order.
There you go—no more down time. Hopefully I won't regret this.
1 comment:
Good luck!! It's usually all worth it in the end!
I've done just a couple reupholstering projects, and each one ended up SO much nicer than how they started. It's funny when you're sitting in a room and can just stare at a piece you've worked on, just sit and stare at a chair, and feel this incredible feeling of satisfaction wash over you.
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