.....My old chair....

.....Hello all, and welcome also to anyone else who may of stumbled across my little 'crafte nook' by the sea....

.....Yes, this is a post about my old chair.........i know its a bit odd but i thought i would show you all some piccies that i took way back at the start of the year of my mothers arm chair that she gave to me at least twelve years ago...........i absolutely love this chair and its been in our family for at least thirty years, and back at the beginning of the year i felt it was really looking quite shoddy and dated with its tapestry upholstery that i felt it was time for a change................daunting i can tell you.. as Mr Pixie and i have never reupholstered anything ever, so this was gonna be a massive challenge.........my chair has made various appearances through out  my posts and people have very kindly commented on what a lovely chair it is........so here it is.......................

.....How to reupholster a chair ( with no skills what so ever ).........


1...Remove vile, dated tapestry pattern upholstery.....

2....After (carefully ) removing vile cover use as a template to cut out new pieces.......

3..With a lot of pulling and tugging and stapling

 secure new fresh yummy material in place.....

( note..pictures are a bit naff as took all these with my phone )

4...Hammer...staple....pull....tug.....hammer....staple.....pull.....tug.

5....Hammer in some fancy brass tacks.......remembering always that hammers hurt like hell if you don't get your fingers out of the way in time...........ow

6...Finish off by covering the seat pad.....

.....And there you have it.....my old mums chair all lovely and new again.....

.....Also.........just take a look at this.........

...A crocheted chair.........how inspiring is that.....

.....and also this....

.....Don't you just love Pinterest......

Bye for now and have fun, whatever you are doing this weekend

...Pixie...

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