For the people that re-do upholstery
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bullydosmom
10 years agoalex9179
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The re-upholstery project - continued
Comments (15)I took gracie's advice and have some new pictures. Fabric 1 Fabric 3 (I didn't take a picture of the dot fabric) Fabric 4 (Less contrast in pattern on this photo) I didn't think about having the chairs different. They have to be side by side because of the layout of the room. Here is a very old picture from when we first moved in - only the couch, loveseat, chairs and big tv remain the same, LOL. My sense of symmetry can't seem to get past the chairs matching! Would they look okay not matching? The "black and white" pillow must stay, LOL. She is part of the reason that I picked that particular rug - the pattern is subtle when viewed as a whole, but variegated enough to hide the hair. I also have two teenagers, and this is our main living area that gets everyday use (and abuse!) lazygardens - unfortunately, the old fabric has to go. The chairs were recovered about 8 years ago, but they weren't adequately repadded at the time, and there are lots of pokey bits that are making the chairs uncomfortable. They are many-times handed-downs from dh's family, and we are sentimentally attached to them. I am planning on having them professional upholstered. If you aren't crazy about the fabrics, please, please please post a link to something you think would be better! I'm really looking for help! Thanks, Carrie...See MoreWill Hurricane Sandy cause people to re-think too small?
Comments (19)ERF Cracking up about the Resale Pearl clutchers. They would choke themselves looking into our house. I have not been to the other posts about preparation. I used to can so much of our foods. 200 to 300 quarts or more a year. Plus what I froze and we used to run two freezers. Now it does cost a lot more to do the canning and we would get tired of all of it and then later I would have to toss some of it. All that work. Sigh. Like you we have a gas stove. Ours is outside and needs to be run outside for safety but we have the covered porch. I do not think we would ever consider not having a kitchen if we were even thinking of moving. I am too much of a cook it at home person. We have a small expensive cafe here in town and did take out one time in four years when we were into our move and I had spent the last day at the sold house cleaning for over 8 hours and I was hungry and exhausted and not really set up here to cook much yet.We had been here three days. If we want eat out we eat it out. I have made lots of jerkey in my husbands hunting time. That will preserve meat for a long time. Should the electricity go out it can be done on top of the porch stove to save the frozen meat. Not as easy as using the dehydrator. I do believe people need to be prepared for at least a month with some things extending further. We were fortunate friends offered us their homes when we were flooded. We were out of our house 2 months while we were doing repairs, the temps had dropped to zero and below. And we had no heat at the house until we had a wall to hang the heater back on and our geothermal heat was lost in the flood until we could get the pipes back in to bring the hot water from the hot spring but first we had to get a new septic tank and lines approved and back in not to mention the foundation back under the house. I do not understand people wanting huge kitchens when they do not even cook. Worse I can not imagine not having at least a sensible kitchen. Our kitchen is 11 foot by 12 1/2 foot with lots of counter and yet I do 90% of my kitchen cooking work on a three foot wide counter. I have had much smaller kitchens and always made them work. We could have a much smaller kitchen but then I loose some of the storage space for the bulk items we do buy....See MoreJust Curious: RE uniforms that medical people wear
Comments (7)I once worked as a refrigeration technician in a large hospital and we wore uniforms on the job. We reported to work in civilian clothes and had to done a uniform before entering the shop. Whenever we had to make a service call we had to done a long blue lab coat and immediately upon returning to the shop we had to remove the coat and put it in the laundry and if we happened to spill something or get dirt on our uniforms we had to change out immediately. At the end of the day we had to shower and put all our work clothes in the laundry then we dressed out in our civvies to go home. They had a large garment rack in the shop with a minimum of 4 sets of uniforms and 6 lab coats at all times. There was a laborer from the laundry that came to the shop 3 or four times a day to get our laundry or return clean uniforms and coats. In some areas of the hospital they had small table top refrigerators at the nurses station where they would temporarily hold suspected contagious cultures until they could be transported to the lab. In some instances once the culture was put in the little refrigerator it was locked and the entire refrigerator was carried to the lab. If the lab determined it was in fact a contagious culture, they would seal the entire refrigerator in a plastic bag and send it down to the refrigeration shop where we performed an extensive decontamination proceedure, and once we completed that we had to immediately shower and put on a clean uniform. Oh yes, and the uniform and lab coat we took off had to go in a special bag that went to a decontamination procedure at the laundry....See MoreDear Florida people if you're pruning please keep me in mind. Thanks
Comments (2)It's o.k. to ask for plants for postage. Have you posted on the plant exchange forum? There are people from all over there, and a lot of them will send you cuttings for postage....See More
My3dogs ME zone 5A
10 years ago
Annie Deighnaugh
10 years agoLaurie
10 years agoI have not yet worked with burlap. For past projects, I bought my Dacron at the local upholstery supply shop at the same time I bought few other supplies. The receipt says 1 oz. Dacron and it's 1" thick. I don't know if it is different than quilt batting.
I would use Dacron on top of the 2" high density foam. After the layer of Dacron, I don't see any need for a layer of Muslin.
I'm in the middle of removing fabric from an old chair and I'm noticing lots of holes from previous jobs. I can see where the person who did the job before me wrapped some of the "newer" webbing around to the side of the wood where there was "fresh wood"....at least I think that was why they did it like that. The layer of cotton covered up (or lightly padded) that area (see pic below).
If you can, please post pics of your project. I would be so interested to see it!
Here is a pic of the bottom of my chair. Lots of holes in the wood. Looks like the last person to work on this added support webbing (see the lighter colored webbing?) and wrapped it to the side of the wood and stapled.
lazy_gardens
10 years agofranksmom_2010
10 years agoThanks so much!
Looking online, the cost for the upholstery grade stuff is pretty much the same as for craft/utility grade anyway, so I'll just buy it when I buy tack strips.
I think I will do a layer of muslin on the chair, at least on the seat. I've never done a seat with exposed arms before, so it will give me a trial run at doing those.
Here's the chair in question. It's a hot mess, so all of the old furniture haters just avert your eyes.
After I get all of the old upholstery off and repair the frame, I'm going to refinish it, rather than paint. Painting would be so much easier, but I have an excess of painted wood. No idea yet on fabric choice, but probably something with blue or green.
Laurie
10 years agoUser
10 years agobullydosmom
10 years agofranksmom_2010
10 years agofranksmom_2010
10 years agoI have good news, bad news, and more questions.
Good: I stripped down the old fabric and filling, and found that the frame is actually in better shape than I thought. I just reglued the dowels on the arms and whacked some loose joints back into place, and it's fine. No split wood, no excess holes, and I discovered that under the old lumpy batting, the seat back is very cool!
Bad news.When I cleaned off the finished wood, a lot of the finish came off, along with the color. It's a tinted lacquer or varnish, so now I have large areas of bare (white) wood. Looks like I'll have to strip, stain and varnish. Ugh. But, the old finish was kind of ratty anyway, so in the end it will look much better, but I wasn't planning a refinish project anytime soon.
Questions: I just ordered all of my supplies online, as there's no store close to me. It was only $17 worth of stuff, but shipping was $19. What's your favorite online store?
I browsed fabrics (crazy, I know) but I think there's only finite fabrics that would suit the chair anyway, and I'll probably chose something neutral-ish wherever the piece ends up. I ordered a few swatches, but I'm thinking a subtly patterned chenile would be nice. There was one print that I loved, but I'm afraid that the scale is too big and will look silly. I want to keep a vintage feel to the chair, but nothing that screams "old lady!"
Laurie
10 years agoYeah!, the old fabric & filling is removed! Good job.
What supplies did you buy & from which store? That's a shame the shipping was high : /
I am lucky to have a shop nearby. The one thing I ordered online was an electric stapler because my local shop only sells air staplers that require a compressor.
What swatches did you order?
If you are looking for something neutral with a slight texture, I happen to have a Duralee velvet swatch that I like.
It's solid in color but has a neat texture/pattern to it.
It comes in various colors. My sample is charcoal.
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