Join Us November 8, 2012 for our first fun-filled up-cycling workshop event in collaboration with HEAP Bozeman. We’ll be creating one-of-a-kind thrones from rescued chairs while learning to up-cycle and upholster. This duet of workshops consists of an up-cycling workshop and an upholstery basics workshop, simultaneously creating fanciful, up-cycled chair designs and remade, re-upholstered seats to …
10 Steps of Re-upholstery – in a Nutshell
These steps are meant to provide a Basic Guide – just one version of what to expect before tackling a DIY upholstery project, or taking a class (click the links for a detailed description and photos of each step): Step 1: Evaluation Step 2: Measuring Step 3: Fabric Selection Step 4: …
10 Steps of Re-upholstery – Step 9 – Reconstruction: Applying Fabric to the Outside Surfaces
After your fabric is securely stapled to finish the inside surfaces of your DIY upholstery project (see Step 8 – Applying Fabric to the Inside Surfaces), it’s time to work on the outside fabric panels. If your chair has a Front Band attached to the front of the seat, attach this first: The next …
10 Steps of Re-upholstery – Step 8 – Reconstruction: Applying Fabric to the Inside Surfaces
When applying the new cover fabric to your DIY upholstery project, you will begin with the inside, or the surfaces you are in contact with when sitting in your chair. A general rule of thumb is to always begin with the seat, following the reverse order of removal of the old fabric. This …
10 Steps of Re-upholstery – Step 7 – Fabric Layout & Cutting
Now your project is clean, newly padded, and ready for the final fabric layer – the dressing, the final transformation, the ‘piece de resistance’! In this step you will use your labelled pattern pieces from the original fabric removed in Step 4 - Deconstruction. Steaming helps to flatten the worn & creased pieces if you …
10 Steps of Re-upholstery – Step 6 – Reconstruction: Padding
After completing Step 5 – Cleaning, Repair & Refinishing on your DIY upholstery project, you know that your chair’s foundation is solid and ready to re-build, beginning with the padding layers. Now is the time to re-use the original padding that you removed in Step 4 – Deconstruction or apply new padding if the old …
10 Steps of Re-upholstery – Step 5 – Cleaning, Repairing & Refinishing
The extent of necessary repair work in DIY upholstery often remains unknown until the hard work of deconstruction is done – a scary prospect for some… you might be asking yourself “Will this be a total waste of my precious time?” But in truth the furniture that really is a waste of your time is …
10 Steps of Re-upholstery – Step 4 – Deconstruction
Before you begin tearing into your DIY upholstery project, be sure to take a ‘before’ photo – the fun part of restyling your chair is looking back at where you started and seeing all that you have accomplished! First you will label your chair parts with masking tape or a sharpie and as you remove …
Before & After – Slipper Chair Restoration
A Before & After story with a truly exquisite result. Our client told us that this pair of slipper chairs was re-upholstered many years ago by her mother, and had since become her cat’s favorite chair. The tough corduroy fabric had withstood the test of time admirably, but no fabric lasts forever, and sometimes you …
