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Stripping, Repairing, and Upholstering a French Chair, Part 3!

December 24, 2013 Rachel 8 Comments

This post will be showing how to paint (white wash) the frame, & place, cut and staple fabric onto a chair. Part 1, How to Strip a French Chair, is found HERE. Part 2, How to Repair Chair Springs, is found HERE. I wanted it to also be showing the final finished product … [Read more...]

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Stripping, Repairing, and Upholstering a French Chair, PART 2!

December 20, 2013 Rachel 13 Comments

Ready for the next step? This post will be dedicated entirely to showing how to REPAIR loose springs and putting all the burlap and batting back on. To refresh your memory, this is the condition of the chair, as we left it from the previous post on How to STRIP a french … [Read more...]

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How to Strip the Upholstery From a Chair

December 17, 2013 Rachel 8 Comments

I decided to show a "play by play" if you will, of how to strip, repair, and reupholster a chair for the absolute beginner. For someone who maybe has some ugly chairs with good bones (wooden frame) but is a little intimidated to tackle it. I think this is doable for most anyone … [Read more...]

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Music Sheet Star of David Ornament

December 5, 2013 Rachel 1 Comment

I know I promised another furniture reveal today, but sometimes things do go as planned. I am close to being done on a custom piece, but half-way through, I could see it wasn't going to look like I thought it would, and after some collaboration with  my client, I am still … [Read more...]

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A Birthday Present To Myself!

November 5, 2013 Rachel 21 Comments

Today is my birthday! So as a present to myself, I finally got around to finishing this knee-hole desk last night!For starters I got this FOR FREE on craigslist several months ago. :) People are crazy sometimes. I knew I wanted to herringbone on the drawers for awhile, but … [Read more...]

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