Sunday, October 16, 2011

It's an ADD kind of day...

I want to do something, but I don't know what.  I want to work on the chair I posted last weekend, all I have left is the seat, but I'm not "feeling" it.  I did primer it last weekend:



and paint by brushing on a few shades of gray and white (with granite glitter in it!):


and glazed it with a mix of black tinted glaze (w/black paint mixed in) and gray paint:


I did the jute webbing on the bottom:


I tied springs, placed batting and stapled more drop cloth over all that:


 I reupholstered the back (and arms) w/ drop cloth:



and sewed some double welt cord for it and hot glued it on:






I cut the foam for the seat and measured the fabric for the seat:



I cut the fabric for the seat, wrapped it around the seat and there it sits, just like I left it last sunday (because my foam piece is too small and I need to fill out the rounded front w/some scrap foam):



Instead of working on the seat, this is what I did today:


This is as far as I've gotten, tearing it apart.  The thing is, I don't want to sand it, prime it, paint it, distress it, upholster it, etc. etc. etc.  Not right now at least.  I'm thinking this isn't what I wanted to do and thinking of doing something else!  Yeah... it's an ADD kind of day...


Saturday, October 8, 2011

I finally found my fabric!

After hunting high and low last weekend through fabric shops for the perfect fabric for my couch and chair, this is what I picked out:






The store called last week and said it was on a 12 week backorder!  Luckily, I found it at fabricguru.com and ordered it this morning.  I'm super excited to be getting my chair finished!!!  If you missed the last post about it, here is the chair I am putting it on:




I got the jute webbing and foam on the arms and back a couple weeks ago and it has been covered with an ugly purple bedspread since then. 

Since I can't work on the chair, I gotta do something with myself!  This is what I'm working on this weekend.



The lady I got it from had it tore down to here, well, minus pulling all the upholstery tacks, which I did today!  It also has a jumbled mass of springs for the seat.... so I'm going to be tying some springs!!  Luckily, I managed to get it painted today before the rain hit!  We need the rain so bad, I just felt terrible wishing it away!!!