Last fall or winter, my sister reupholstered her barstools, so I thought I ought to try redoing my own. I had leftever foam padding from the porch cushions I made last spring; I hated wasting it, and this would be a perfect way to use it. Sunday afternoon, I got two of them done. I used all the foam I had; now I need to buy more for the remaining two stools.
 |
| The original barstool. We got these as unfinished for Christmas over 19 years ago when our house was newly built. We had a bar in the kitchen/dining area, but no proper seating for it. DH painted them. |
 |
Two screws underneath held the seat to the frame. We removed the seats with lots of grunting--they were tough little buggers!
Spread the fabric out, wrong-side up. I was very generous in what I cut; I didn't want to find myself with too little fabric to pull into place. |
 |
Center the foam on the fabric. (I have two pieces here because I am using leftovers; it won't make any difference in the end.)
|
 |
Layer the seat next. Be sure it's upside-down.
|
 |
After much tugging of fabric and staple-gunning by DH, VOILA! A newly upholstered barstool!
The fabric is some dark gray that my grandmother gave me a few years back when we were cleaning out some of her sewing room. It could easily be 50-year-old fabric!
|
No comments:
Post a Comment
Feedback on my posts is always welcome!