This is the finished footstool. Lovely old thing I found in an old furniture store. It was dusty and dirty and just screaming "take me home"....for $30 it was a "good thing".
The original covering. Kind of worn, lots of tacks. Ltos of bits and pieces coming off. I don't know one thing about repholstering anything, so I just took apart the old pieces and saw how they were put together.
Pulled out the old tacks with a screwdriver.
Underneath the worn fabric found fluff and padding that I decided to use.
Then underneath the fluff padding found straw. It was still clean, still smelled sweet, so left it alone.
However, I did add a piece of new foam to give a bit more poof to the footstool top.
The old fabric, I noticed had rough edges, and was cut really wide in order to tuck it underneath.
Using a staple gun ( way easier than tacks), pulled the fabric tight against the edges.
BAM! BAM! went the staple gun.....kind of fun....kind of loud.
Wrapped and stapled. Not quite finished.Just the final piece to add underneath.
This is the fianl panel that is attached to the bottom to hide the wrapped fabric. Still have to tap the staples down so they stay in place. But all done. Kind of looks new and bright......accents the leopard print throws and cushion covers ( but that's another story)
Pulled out the old tacks with a screwdriver.
No comments:
Post a Comment