1970's swivel rocker

This chair is gonna' get upholstered a 20 minute ride away from Keene New Hampshire.

The frame and quality stuffings there shouldn't be much restoration work.

This colonial style is a great example of how labor intensive upholstery can be.

With a full skirt flowing from 6 inches in the front and tapering to 5 inches in the back. 

A set in inside back buttoned cushion, and complex arm fronts. 

 The COM (customers own material) has been troublesome lately.

The inner roll with glue from tape on the finish side of the fabric.

 And deep creases made when they sloppily rolled the fabric onto the bolt.

 Here the inside button cushion,

patterned pleated and stitched together.

And the foam steamed back to original shape.

 All 16 buttons attached, foam packed and ready to be attached to the frame.

 The one piece outside arms and wings really keep this chair looking sharp,

with it backed and lined with a thin coat of cotton.

 As well as the outside back.

 Below shows the surged arm covers.

 The tailored outside back.

 Pleated arm fronts pre-stitched with the pipings.

 All that's left is the delivery to the cutest little summer cottage in the woods of New England.

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Side chair turning 50

This great styled well built chair needs

 some tightening of the frame and arm point repairs.

All the tacks removed and repairs made.

Ready to be upholstered in New Hampshire.

 Plenty of life left in the webbing.

 A little reinforcement along the lumbar will help out.

 The outsides backed and lined with a thin coat of cotton.

 Piping to draw out the lines along the arms and back.

 The nice fluted legs cleaned up real nice as well.

The fabric chosen from the shops fabric books from Barrow Industries.

 Nice clean tailoring really helps draw out this very practical chair to have in ones life.

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Identical twins

This couple was probably created around 1950.

That's almost 64 years ago.

Time to do a little restoration and put on a fabric of the owners choice.

 The chairs had 3 coats of upholstery fabric in some places.

All the tacks and staples removed as well.
All the exposed wood got a freshening up as well.

Hand tied the coil springs.

 With a fresh coat of traditional burlap.

 The stuffings inspected and tailored back up with a fresh coat of cotton.

 And lined with a thin fabric.

To have a nice tight base before adding another thin coat of cotton and the finish fabric.

 Rebuilt the inside backs, also.

 Fresh coat of cotton on the inside and outside backs.

 Time taken to tailor up the arm backs as well as piping trim along the outside backs.

And the completed set good to go for another 40.

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Animal Farm Love Seats

This set of love seats came from a really beautiful farm in Southern New Hampshire.
 Alive with a few emu's, pot belly pigs, various kinds of chickens, miniature horses, a mule and a donkey or two, a dog or two and a few cats kickin' around!

The fabric had seen its day but the quality stuffings and frames

are like the day they were created.

 Lots of staple lines to pull out of this hardwood frame.

 The upper rail was stapled in with 3 inch staples.

took a bit to clean them all up for re-upholstering.

 Fresh coat of cotton on the base.

 The way the arm fronts were designed there was quite a bit of tailoring.

 The outsides all backed and lined with a thin coat of cotton.

 Bottomed out with a crisp dust cover.

 And nice styled bun legs to match.

 And the matching of the design along the outside arms.

 Tailored up as strait as possible so the pattern doesn't waver.

 And the same with the seat cushions and the two lower rails.

 

Lots of pillow work to go with the frames.
4 throw pillows, 4 seat cushions and 8 back pillows.

And everything put together after a final inspection

These love seats were really well designed and built.

The fabric was chosen from the shops in stock fabric library.

Close to 30 yards to complete the job.

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