#reupholstery

[birdy-the-artist]

Before and after! These chairs were 10 bucks each from Savers and I've been meaning to do something with them for almost 2 years now

#reupholstery #upcycled furniture #upcycling #upholstery

[weepingpussywillowtree]

My new knitting rocking chair is done being reupholstered!!! Yayayay. Now to pick it up.

This is what it looked like before.

#shouting into the void #knitting #kinda??? #i think knitting people will dig seeing this #reupholstery #antique furniture

[sybilius]

Can’t believe they’re actually fucking DONE. Four chairs that I re-upholstered. Project talk under the cut.

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A really insane project, all told. Why I took it on is not out of deep affection for the chairs (I got them free from the side of the road, they were a salvage), but rather because they were a plausible burner project for which the stakes were low (if the re-upholstering was REALLY bad well. Here’s a comparison of a chair before:

So it’s like, either I fix em or probably no one does and they’re trash again.

Anyways, this took me off-and-on work for 5 months. I had to take a considerable break in January to fend off the double whammy of losing my project space and having to finish up my desk project. It’s been a uh, busy winter! But I’m very proud of what I did do.

Roughly speaking for this, the steps were (here a “session” is a 1-3 hour period of me working on the project)

1. Disassemble the chairs (unstapling the old fabric), examine the results (late October, 2 sessions because the unstapling required a special tool)

2. Briefly consider using chair covers, reject this due to the sizing complexity (early November)

3. Learn to sew by machine (basics) in earnest, starting first with two pencilcases of misc. fabric (Late November, MANY sessions. I spent a lot of time in the sewing lair from Nov-December)

4. Pick out vinyl for the surfaces. I think I bought 3 yards for about 30$, something like that (2 sessions. Sue me this decision took some time)

5. Make a coin purse as a tester with the vinyl (4-5 sessions, this was a gift for my grandpa

6. Unstitch / measure the seat surface, make testers out of fabric to try and reproduce a design for the seat pieces (3 sessions, Late December)

7. Cut out the pieces and sew together the first seat cover (3 sessions, Late December )

8. Staple first seat cover (1 session, Late December, why yes I DID spend my winter break post-xmas working on this why do you ask?)

9. Disassemble the second chair (1 session, early January)

9. Make second seat cover, rushed (1 session, early January, this was when I learned I was losing my project space)

10. Make third, fourth seat cover, VERY rushed (1 session, mid january. EXHAUSTING time. These went in my closet for a while)

11. Staple the second chair (1 session, mid January)

12. Disassemble the third chair (1 session, early March)

13. Staple the third chair (1 session, mid-march (had to get new furniture staples))

14. Disassemble the fourth chair, staple the fourth chair (1 session, today).

That’s a lot of steps mark! there’s not a point to this but thank you for reading Syb Goes Insane Over Chairs (a project breakdown)

#my projects #reupholstery #personal #my sewing

[seductivesnuggies]

my dog tore a hole into my futon so I'm patching the upholstery. no I've never done that before. but I'm gay so how hard could it be

#upholstery #reupholstery #tips appreciated but will be ignored

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Wow, Virginie shared her mother’s work- she taught herself how to reupholster.

Beautiful work.

via gothic home decor enthusiasts

#reupholstery #reupholstered chairs #antique chairs #gothic chairs

[the-darling-house]

Reupholstery might just be the most rewarding craft I’ve tried my hand at. The ability to both improve and transform an object so that it fits perfectly into your home is such magic.

This chair was a really gross and crusty old carpet covered thing when I first picked it up, and now it’s got such dramatic character. It feels like an Addams Family or a Haunted Mansion chair, and I love it to death.

#i cant believe this is actually my office #my stuff #home decor #crafting #whimsigothic #dark academia #aesthetic #moody vibes #craftblr #reupholstery #diy #limewash #gothic room #dark academia room #dark academia aesthetic #home

[miniar]

What would you make if the world allowed you to make things?

Imagine the following: There's free access to all the tools and materials you might need. There's free access to a space in which to work. And You have all the free time you might ever possibly want.

Basically, money is not a factor.

What would you create?

What craft, or trade, would you explore?

(digital creations also count)

The sky is the limit.

#hypothetically #crafting #creativity #I'd make all my own clothes and accessories as well as the closet in which to store them from scratch #Weaving #even the process of extracting and spinning the fibers #Might work with leather #make masks #shoes even #reupholstery #sculpting #My garden and house plants would be Excessive!

[aarontaylorsjohnson]

My two recent (and only to date!) upholstery projects. Inside me are two wolves: spooky AF and girly chic. All materials from Joann or Lowe’s. Pillows are not my work.

#diy #reupholstery #audrey hepburn #moon river #breakfast at tiffany's #home decor

[creaky-will]

Upholstering furniture and restoring Furniture side of tumbler I need your Help. I don't know the right Search terms to find a fabric very much like this/ same type as. Ideally speaking I'd like to find this exact fabric. but yeah.

#furniture #vintage furniture #upholstery #furniture restoration #furniture reupholstery #reupholstery #restoration #Furniture Tumblr #Carpenter #craftsman #crafting #home furnishings

[spockandawe]

Okay! Quick reupholstery experiment, because I got this leather ottoman for a dollar, and the inner construction of furniture is still a semi-inacccessible mystery to me. Mixed success, because I was not going to buy the leather to cover this much surface area, and by this point in the ottoman's life, the leather was kind of loose and saggy, and leather is a stretchy object and leather seams aren't the same as fabric seams. But I've done so few reupholstery projects with seams at all, I really wanted to rip this apart and see if I understood enough to put it together again. If not, at least I could revel in destruction, like that one chair from five years ago!

Casualties: two dramatically skinned knuckles. But oh man, my arms got a workout, haha. I was right, the leather pieces weren't quite square, even when it seemed like they should be, but I found fabric on sale, decided to do a split fabric effect since there's an indented whatsit between the two halves of the ottoman (then promptly failed at counting with my favorite fabric and had to use my backup), and put it all together again. If I were to do this again, I would probably skip that one indent and do it straight from top to bottom, because the toughest thing here was that I could pull the navy fabric taut to staple it down, but not the lighter fabric. And over time, the foam had gotten compressed. I compensated somewhat with quilt batting underneath the shaped foam and a little stuffing to fill out the corners, but ehhh, if I was putting in real time or money I would probably backtrack there and get more foam or change the structure of the fabric.

But hey!!!! I'm still pretty happy with what I got. If I get back into knitting or crochet or cross-stitch soon, I plan to recline on my house with a nice big lounging surface for my legs. This was one of those projects where I went in prepared to throw away my end result, and I don't want to do that! I've got furniture that taught me some lessons, and which I'm happy to use until something better makes its way into my life. And this butterfly fabric is so cool, I'm pleased with the addition to my home decor :D

#crafts #reupholstery

[idisofrohan]

My adventures in upholstery continues! For several days now I've been undressing an armchair, removing the old fabrics, the materials underneath and sooo many staples and upholstery tacks. Well, I got it down to the bare bones and it was time to re-dress it. First a layer of hessian was added to the sides, providing a surface from which to build up.

This was then padded with two layers. A semi hard layer of foam, cut to fit completely within the open area between the wooden boarders, followed by a porous layer of synthetic padding, cut to slightly overlap the framework.

Next up the fabric cover was measured out, cut and stretched over the surface, this time folding in the edge rather than leaving it raw, as this chair isn't supposed to have an edge finishing. I've so far started the business of stapling it into place on the one side, but it is far from finished.

The backrest had already been covered before I got to play with this chair, as has the loose cushion that goes in the seat. Still, there's a lot to be done for this one, as well as its companion.

#handmade #crafts #upholstery #made by me #reupholstery

[birdy-the-artist]

Upcycled dumpster chair, before and after. Janky as hell but it's my first time doing this so

#upcycling #upcycled furniture #reupholstery #upholstery

[hummingfox-upholstery]

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[centrepiecefurnishing]

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[liangfurniture]

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[floyd-upholstery]

#reupholstery #upholstery