How To Upholster A Chair. Today is the first installment of How to Upholster a Chair.
More specifically, I will be showing you, step by step, how to reupholster (and diamond tuft) this dreamy blue open armed side chair. After years of upholstery experience, I guarantee this is a good beginning upholstery project. In fact, if you’re trying this at home, without the help of an instructor, I would suggest skipping the diamond tufting. But for the sake of making this turquoise-y fabulous, I decided to dress it up. Here’s the background: While attending The Upholstery Fair last summer in Lafayette, Indiana, I purchased this old, beat up side chair for about $10.00.
Let’s call her Lisa. As I look back at this photo, I am not thrilled with my web attachment. Your homework for today is to go to Curbly and read the entire post on rebuilding the chair seat. Before and After Furniture Makeover. Faux Carrara Marble Painting technique for Furniture. I have been up to some decorative painting, actually faux Carrara marble painting last week and finally have the piece I was working on completed.
After stripping the wood cabinet that sits on top of an unmatched sideboard in my kitchen, I wanted to update the sideboard to help make the pieces look better paired. In my next kitchen I would dearly love to have white Carrara marble counter tops. That may be a long time coming, if ever. RoadKill Rescue. Muntjesblad. Last September we finished our butcher block countertops, but we didn’t do our bar area.
I mentioned in that post that I was open to suggestions and got the great idea to cover it in pennies and epoxy. Well, EIGHT months later it is finally finished! I started in December when I got the supplies for Christmas… then it was one of my No Spend February goals…then it was one of my projects for the contest over at Every Creative Endeavor….then we finally finished it in April and I put off blogging about it because I didn’t want to write the post. And that brings us to now. This is one of those projects that if I was to do it again it would be super easy.
However, if any of y’all want to make a penny countertop, then you are going to LOVE me for saving you a headache. Dresser Transformations: Twelve Ways To Repurpose A Dresser. Car Tires revamped into coffee tables! Posted by Dattatreyaabout a year ago The impressive scope of recycling has certainly given us a slew of innovative furniture conceptions to write about.
Anyhow, a very few of them are actually practical when it comes to real time usage patterns. The Tavomatico table line is one of such rare specimens, and it does entice us with its essence of vibrancy. Designer James Mondini has always been an aficionado for various automobiles and their engines. And, it this heartfelt enthusiasm for automotive parts that directly translated into the ingeniously conceived Tavamatico.
These remarkable designs do go by the nature of commercial practicality, as the color schemes are nigh endless in their visual variance. Finally, the good news is that Mondini’s automotive inspired designs do not stop with the Tavamatico. Via: MioLab/Atcasa A proud native of the beautiful steel township of Durgapur, West Bengal, Dattatreya’s fascination lies within a range of diverse matters. Silver Leaf Dressers. I love the glam factor that mirrored furniture can bring to a room!
My Rhode Island client and I were really hoping to get a little of that glam into her bedroom. Unfortunately, mirrored furniture is really expensive - even the cheapy stuff from Target or Pier 1 was cost prohibitive in this project. Kussenstoel2. VCTRY's BLOG. El puff Knot Lounge es un diseño de Alexandra Peters, pero parece "desaparecido en accion", no esta a la venta en ningun lado, por lo que no es mala idea si nos ha gustado poner manos a la obra para realizar el nuestro.
No es dificil, pero lleva mucho relleno.Tan desaparecido esta este puff que ni siquiera he podido averiguar el precio, asi que comprarlo es bastante dificil para no decir imposible. Necesitas cortar una tira de unos 20 metros o mas de largo por unos 70cm de ancho (margenes de costura no incluidos, agrega un centimetro perimetral como minimo). No tienes que usar una unica tela, puede quedar muy bien en estilo patchwork aprovechando los retazos que te han sobrado. Cose un cierre desmontable (como los de las camperas, que se pueden abrir totalmente) en la parte de 70 cm (una mitad a cada extremo de la tira). Abre el cierre desenganchando la parte inferior (que la tira queda abierta de nuevo).
Coloca la pieza de derecho y rellena. Kussenstoel. DIY Beanbag Cushion. Looking for hours of entertainment?
Meet, The Rollie Pollie bean bag chair. It’s a chair, it’s a toy, it’s your favorite pillow. Made of durable cotton twill or soft vinyl, each bag is actually a slip cover (with another Rollie Pollie inside) then filled with mounds and mounds of soft cluster stuffing. So if it gets dirty, just zip it off and throw it in the wash. And with a handle on top, it’s easy to toss around. Now, pick your favorite…. Drag it around, Dive right in! Or take a little nap.