Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Club chairs

Here are what the club chairs look like now, stripped of their fabric:


Reupholster

I purchased a sideboard from Craigslist for $120 and the seller threw in 2 chairs that had hideously ugly and stained upholstery.

Exhbit A- The before:

I first removed the seat from the chair frame and pulled off the fabric.
I went through a few layers of ugly, old, and dusty fabric and then glued a new cushion onto the seat with spray adhesive.



Then I added layered on the batting and upholstery fabric.



Finally, I pulled the fabric around and stapled it to the back of the chair. Here is the finished product:

Wall Stencil

Here is a Moroccan wall stencil I painted on my bathroom wall. I initially intended to paint the entire wall but it turns out that stenciling takes forever. After completing one stencil panel in one hour, I quickly changed my mind and decided to do a band of arches.


I used this stencil Royal Design Studio and three blue paints from Home Depot. The key to a good stencil is to use as little paint as possible. My first stencils had a lot of bleeding because I used too much paint. I'll just pretend that I was going for a "hand painted" look and leave it at that.