A Chair Re-Padded

 

We have two extra dining room type of chairs around the house, and they've both had the gold texture-y upholstery fabric absolutely shredded by several generations of cats. They both needed recovering, but only one got removed from the chair so that I could work on it. I glued together pieces of the leftover memory foam pad (from making outdoor bench pads) into pieces of franken-foam that would be close enough to the right shape and size. It's a very squish-able and not super firm type of foam that will be able to be manipulated into shape.

I measured out some of the upholstery fabric that I had left over from making a futon cover 16 years ago. It's still an interesting pattern but in a rather boring color way. If only this was bright colors! Maybe next time the chair needs recovering...

After a million staples and some hammering and folding and cutting, it's all secured and done.

My DH installed it (it just screws back on) and now it awaits the next few generations of cats. So far, they've just been sitting on it nicely to look out the window.

So now I need to get the next one done, as the rest of the Franken-Foam is awaiting.

New Table

I think we're officially grown-ups now, because we've bought a dining room table and chairs. I'm thrilled with them, they're quiet when I sit down. They feel sturdy and solid and just ahhh lovely.

The chairs have this great curve that fits the lower back just perfectly.

Ottoman Empire Re-do

I purchased an ottoman from Goodwill, it was covered in a bright pink girly butterfly flannel, which I promptly removed and found this!

I pulled out a couple of fabrics from my upholstery stash, but they weren't quite right somehow. The floral was too floral, especially since the chair the ottoman will go with is on my husband's side of the bed. Plus the background was too white, the chair is more grey. And as my brilliant husband pointed out, white is kinda silly since his feet and shoes aren't 100% guaranteed to be clean. The plaid wasn't quite the right purplish that I needed either.

I ended up finding a piece of fabric that I liked at Goodwill (on another trip), and used the legs of my husbands old Dockers for the backing underneath. All in all, it cost me $11, and I think it matches the chair (seen behind the ottoman) very well.
What do you think? Does it count as a wardrobe refashion? Since I only thrifted and used old clothing to boot?