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Upholstery WIP - chair from scratch
I've recently become very keen on upholstery.
Why, I hear you ask (amazed).
Well, its simple. Woodworking has been fun but it isn't very creative by nature. In fact its kind of anti-creative. Kind of brown and rectilinear.
At least with upholstery I still make furniture but I get to play with colour and texture.
The problem is, before you can do this
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or this
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or even this
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you have to do a lot of basic stuff first. And watch about a million Youtube videos (this is my favourite channel - https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...tube&FORM=VDRE)
So after doing a couple of basic recovering jobs, its time for the next step - a fully upholstered chair from scratch. I looked around and found this inspiration
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It looks elegant, challenging but not too overwhelming. So I'm going to make something similar from scratch. I'll be loosing the crossed legs, I kind of like them but they are his (Christopher Guy) trademark design and I don't like the idea of thieving someone else's design. Likewise the little nick in the back rail - I like it too but I think it would be theft so it will have to go.
Take the trademark features away and its really just a basic tub chair. But a little too basic in fact, so I'll probably carve something up and applique it on where the nick is, or maybe over the point where the legs meet the top back rail. Maybe a little flower grouping, or maybe some type of linen-fold thing, just to enliven it.
Then to finish it I'll probably spray with clear precat lacquer over a very dark stain. Then upholster with white fabric. That'll be the fun part and I'm not sure I have the skill needed so I hope it doesn't end in failure.
Hopefully there will be an upholsterer or two on the forum who can give me some guidance if I go wrong.
The other thing that is important is that I don't spend much money on the project - as its a bit of an overreach and I may fail. I already have the fabric (I think), enough recycled timber, some English lime for the carving, and some webbing, batting and cording. I'll probably need to buy the foam rubber, but that's about all I think.
I hope there are other people out there who have the same inclination and find this interesting.
cheers
Arron