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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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A Little Boy’s Chest of Drawers

December 10, 2013 Rachel 3 Comments

Yesterday I finally put the finishing touches on this awesome chest of drawers: Remember me talking last week about a furniture project that wasn't going as planned? Well this is it! My sweet friend contacted me to refinish it for her soon-to-arrive baby boy... her 4th … [Read more...]

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Music Sheet Star of David Ornament

December 5, 2013 Rachel 3 Comments

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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