I’m recovering/reupholstering two chairs right now.  This one once resided in my mom’s house then iPad aunt acquired it.  And now I have it.

My first thought was to recover it in denim and send it to my daughter for her son’s bedroom.  Then I told her about it.  She liked the idea but not the fabric.  So I asked her to pick out fabric and I’d recover it for her.

Well, two years later and no decision on fabric, I mentioned (OK, told her) that with the time, effort, cost of materials and shipping it to Colorado that she and her husband could get something that they really liked.  And I wanted to keep the chairs for myself.

So here is the chair after staining the legs darker, striping it down to the frame, and adding new padding and muslin layer.  The foam padding was deteriorating and needed to go. Once I add more cotton or Dacron padding (no foam except for the seat cushion), the final fabric and sew the new seat cushion cover, I can begin the second chair.  And the matching ottoman.

Have I ever done this before?  No, but I watched about a hundred YouTube videos on the process, took several hundred photos of my progress along the way and decided that I have enough brains and skill to attempt this project.  Time will tell. So stay tuned….