Thursday 2 November 2017

From Nay to Yay


These super fun retro chairs had a lot of potential but were extremely sad looking and were in desperate need of TLC. I thought that they would take 2-3 days but they took much longer than anticipated.


The original upholstery had zippers to close around the difficult shape of the chair, I understand that it is quicker but it is really ugly.
The reason that the transformation took longer started with the screws, they wouldn't budge, they were not going to turn so had to be cut off and soldered new ones in its place (which I couldn't do myself).


Than getting off the partially peeled yucky brown paint off turned also to be much more work than anticipated, each chair took me 1 day to get paint free with help of a heat machine to soften the paint before brushing it off with a metal brush.


Once clean of paint I applied two layers of anti rust paint, sanded it and then added two layers of black mat paint. The feet also got new caps as the old ones were pretty worn down.



While the paint was drying we found the perfect embroidery among our stash. We initially thought of patchworking various embroideries but this large piece was a better choice at the end.



After sewing the pieces together by machine I dressed the chairs, already looking fabulous!


But now came the part that I had to sew by hand (instead of the zippers), and while doing that the fabric needed to be pulled tightly so that it would all fit like a glove and not a potato sack :) But I managed eventually.


So happy with the result! The chairs are retro but also boho and feminine, colorful and cheerful!
So much more fun and unique than the original red fake leather.


It is a limited edition of two, can be bought separately but I do hope that they'll stay together as they look so fabulous as a set :)


They are available among many more one of a kind furniture pieces at StarHomeStudio.


6 comments:

  1. I always love your furniture! so much fun! :)

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  2. Those are once again really nice!

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  3. Incredible process, wonderful chairs!

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  4. Amazing process and what a makeover!!
    Wonderful and one falls in love at first sight!

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  5. Wow Star, they are gorgeous! What a great way to upcycle two old chairs!

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