Wednesday, September 19, 2012

grainsack chair

Posted on 1:56 PM by follow me

I just finished my first, and possibly last, upholstery project, using this chair that's been sitting in the garage for a few months, and an old grain sack I found online for $30.


I loved the details of this chair, and knew it would be fun to {primp}.


Here's what it looked like before.  I'm sure it was a real beauty in it's time, but I was going for a different look.

 

The finished chair now sits in a little nook near my built-in shelves,


 just inside my front entry way.


Here was the process: the hardest and most time consuming part was just stripping off all the old fabric, and pulling out the gazillion staples it had in it.

Then, I couldn't decide whether to paint the chair white or leave it as it was.  So I compromised and did a thick white dry brush effect.  I like the way it turned out, with a little bit of the natural dark wood showing through, and I didn't even need to sand!


The second hardest part of the project was actually cutting into the grainsack which had been sitting on my table as a runner for a couple of months.  To make the most of the grainsack I used the stripe going in different directions--and I really like how it turned out.

For the seat, I cut to size and pulled the grainsack underneath the seat and stapled in place.  I also tucked and folded around the legs and just used hot glue to secure.

For the seat back I used a small rope ribbon found at Walmart for just a couple of bucks, which I used to hide all the staples.

This was a fun, yet time consuming project, but I am so happy with how it turned out. So happy, that I may even try and upholster another piece in the future.

I purchased this chair for $30 through the classifieds, plus the $30 grainsack, and $2 for the rope trim, bringing the total for this chair transformation to $62.

Not bad for a totally unique and utterly cool chair with a frenchy farmhouse feel.

Now I'm off to finish my boy's room redo (which feels like the longest project ever!), and to gather ideas to bring fall inside.

keep primping,
 

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