Progress on the chair (as well as with everything else) has been very slow as I am still fighting this lingering cold.
The chair now has three coats of Red Mahogany stain and two coats of satin finish polyurethane. Each coat takes only about 15 minutes to apply, however, I had to wait a day for each coat to dry before I reapplied another layer.
If I had to do this again… I would bring a brighter lamp into the basement. The stain was a tad splotchy on the side of one chair leg. I could have easily fixed this if I had been able to spot it during the staining. Fortunately, it isn’t too noticeable.
We’ve been looking for a little chair for our living room. We browsed many shops, from Jordan’s Furniture to Bernie & Phyl’s to Building 19. No luck. But just last week, as I was still moving my stuff out of my old place over to Paul’s (a saga that I fear will never end), I found the almost perfect chair… in my attic.
I had almost forgotten that I had this little old chair. I had it since I was young. Very sturdy, no hint of any wobble, made of solid oak, but it looks a bit dowdy and the faux maroon leather had a sizable tear right on the seat ever since my sister owned it before she handed it down to me.
I had picked up a yard of lovely floral embroidered fabric yesterday in between errands. I started the makeover this afternoon.
The photos above show my progress:
- removed the seat
- removed the back padding and the gazillion studs and upholstery nails that held it in place
- sanded all the wood surfaces with medium and fine grit sanding blocks
- applied an extra layer of batting to the seat cushion
- reupholstered the seat with the new fabric
I am hoping to find the time to stain and finish the wood tomorrow. As for that back… I’m not quite sure what I’m going to do just yet. I am figuring things out as I go…