Around wing back

My customer got a pair of nice wingbacks gifted to her.

Time for the red to go.

 It;s been quite a while since the last upholstery and no restoration work needed except the wood.

 All the staples and tacks removed .

 The wood has taken quite a beating.

 But cleaned up real nice.

 All the numbers needed are at hand ready to be cut off the in stock fabric.

 

A shot of the decorative tacks that draw the eye to the nice carvings on the leg.

 Fresh coat of cotton all around.

 The design of this custom wing back allows a place for one to rest their elbows on.

 Very ornate arns. Not overstuffed to draw out the lines.

 Nice clean and neat intersections.

 This all down and feather cushion is so nice.

Plenty of life left in this liner.

 Complete and ready for home.

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Porch Lounge

I got the opportunity to upholster a porch lounge. The owner chose sunbrella brand fabric.

I tied in the trim with the striped sunbrella fabric.

 And 3 back cushions.

 And 4 throw pillows.

 And a pair of spring bases.

 And an undersize Martha Washington chair.

This goes to a early 1950's glide sofa.

Here shows the inside back with matching buttons with the design throughout.

 And a seat cushion with 3 sewn in skirts.

 All the fabric pieces matched throughout.

I plotted out the fabric before ordering from my supplier, and this is all the remaining fabric at completion.

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New Hampshire Cornhole set

There's a new game in town.
I made a recent trip to Erie PA and played a popular game in the area called cornhole at a cookout at Nick's house. Note the cornhole set on the sidewalk.

Got busy with the picks a little late in the carpentry aspect of creating the board set.

I got the specs from here. Slide the mouse below and the link will appear.

http://www.playcornhole.org/rules.shtml

I dressed up the frame with some pinstriping.

I  used exterior high gloss paint sanded to give it a slick surface for the cornbags to slide on.

 Carry handles will surely come in handy.

Weighed out the corn exactly for each one.

 I chose the classic red against the blue for colors.

 Good weight army cotton duct.

 A heavy duty MAchine is needed for this job.

 Shown here ready to fly.

 Red and blue combine to create a purple carrying and storage bag.

 And the complete set ready to go!

And some bags in action!

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Hello Operater

This East lake style telephone bench came in the shop in pretty poor condition.

Below shows the piece stripped to the bones.

Ready for regluing.

After the gluing set for the weekend the base is brought back to life.

And the straw stuffings dusted out and reset into the base.

With a fresh coat of cotton.

And 4 traditional wheel legs ordered and attached.

 And the piece all finished and ready to stand the test of time.

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Hot Summer Thunder

This 50 year old matching set of chairs was chosen because of the style and function as well as one great frame . The wood needs a little freshening up too.

Older quality furniture has so much character.

Not being stripped of all of its uniqueness as modern factory pieces are that are mostly designed to be disposable. imho

Here shows the base needs new natural support  materials.

 And the inside back needs all new support material as well.

 Below shows the base ready to be lined with fresh cotton underneath.

The natural horse hair was dusted out and reset.

 With the base lined before upholstery helps the finish upholstery fabric tailor up so nice.

 Pattern matching throughout this pair of chairs is so important.

 I have 20 years making these type of arm cuts. clean, no wrinkles, and tight.

 The inside back handset decorative tacks all hand set with rolled under fabric.

 Quality frames,quality fabric from my fabric books and quality stuffings, this pair is good to go for 50 years or more.

 Sure will look nice for night display in the shop window!

Thanks for looking!

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