Bar Stool - Upholstery

I started to revamp this old bar stool a while back and got side tracked with a bunch of other projects and of course being away for 6 weeks in the Summer didn't help either but unfortunately, I couldn't bring it to the South of France with me - it just wouldn't fit in my suitcase!  It needed a complete strip down and reupholstering and I had finished stripping down the wood and had polished it and I had started the upholstery work.

It's difficult to find time to do everything and I always have a few projects on the go at once and tend to jump from one to the other, however, I will eventually get it finished.  It's quite a noisy job so it can't be done in the evening and that just leaves what little time is available at weekends.

Since I last posted about my bar stool I have tacked in the first layer of burlap over the first stuffing and trimmed it up.  I have temporary tacked on another layer of hessian over the second stuffing which I have yet to secure, tack in and trim up. Remember folks, this is traditional style upholstery so no staple gun being used on this baby.  There's a bit of work to it if you want the job done right, a few more layers to go yet but it's coming along nicely - here are the latest photos:

Second stuffing

Second Burlap

Fabric Choice

I'm really excited about reupholstering my stool but first I've got to decide on a fabric.  I have a few odd yards of various materials in the house left over from other upholstery jobs that I've done and curtains and cushions that I've made and I've been thinking about using one of these.  I've also bought a couple of new ones to add to the pickings...

 

 

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