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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Stool Story

Back to my stool revamp again and here's some before, during and after pics.  I'm very happy with the end result (above), it's got a nice soft sheen from all the polishing and it's finally ready for the upholstery work which I can't wait to start - I just have to wait until the neighbours are out (noisy job) and decide on fabric (more on that later...). Click on the picture below to enlarge and see the before during and after stages.  Comments welcome - I'd love to hear what you think.

Bar Stool

It's been a while since I last posted an update on this piece, mid-October to be exact but with all the Christmas prep, and the fact that I was busy with the Christmas craft pieces that I posted during November and December, it just got put aside.

For a reminder of how it looked;

 

I've progressed a little since the above photos were taken, I stripped off what was left of the old canvas, cleaned the stool up and made a start on the sanding.  You can see the difference in colour between the seat frame where I have done some sanding and the legs that haven't been done yet. It's beginning to look a little cleaner!

There's still a fair bit of sanding and finishing to do before I can start the upholstery work but I have my tools and supplies ready and waiting, some of which I already had to hand and the rest I got from the upholstery supplier today.  I'm probably going to use the same upholstery fabric that I used to cover the boardroom chair featured on this blog as I have some left over and it's a good quality fabric that was pretty expensive. Have a look by clicking on the 'Upholstery Work' tab at the top of the page.  Let me know what you think by leaving a comment - you can do this by clicking 'Comment' at the end of this post.