As Providence would have it, upon driving in the neighbourhood, we came upon two wing-backed chairs sitting out on the curb. I stopped, my daughter hopped out and sat in them to see if they were still good. Then we drove home.
Who can pass up two good chairs for free? They ended up in our house and although they were worn and a bit dirty, they were sturdy and in good shape structurally. One even had a pop-out foot rest!
We had in mind to reupholster them. Neither of us had ever done this before but we thought if it doesn't work out, we haven't spent any money on the chairs. So we figured we would start taking the old upholstery off one of the chairs to see how difficult it would be and see if the chair was as solid as we thought.
Taking the old upholstery off was not so much difficult as it was time consuming and a bit painful as our screw drivers slipped and nicked us in the fingers several times as we dug the staples out of the frame. Our plan was to use the old fabric pieces as pattern pieces for the new fabric. We also made sure we took lots of pictures so we could remember how it all goes back together again.
We were really pleased to find that the foam padding underneath was still in very good shape so we decided to leave that on and cover over it.
Join us again next week to see the finished product.
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