Record Console

I love old record players. My Dad had one while I was growing up as a child and this reminds me so much of him. This was a comissioned piece for a musically inclined, artsy, opinionated......in other words difficult to please customer LOL Just Kidding! I think at one point I told him if they hadn't been such great customers I would have told them "sorry.... better luck next time!" It was that miserable of a refinish! Whomever put this piece together did it with the intentions of it never being taken apart again. It took forever to get the front face off without damaging the spindles. It had to come off in order to replace the fabric. Anyway, long story short after a couple days it was all taken apart WHAOOO! The top and base were stripped a couple times, sanded, stained and sealed. The rest was primed in a white (so after the distressing it would show through) painted stone gray, glazed in Ralph Lauren blk and sealed. I didn't get the greatest "after" pic's.... I actually forgot that I even had taken any at all. I snapped a couple to send the customer on my phone so no real pics but these will do!

 

 Rippled.....

 or tight.....?

Chaise style lounge chair

Can I just say that I am in LOOOVE with this seat! I have always loved this style and when I saw it and that it had good bones I was totally SOLD! I do not love to reupholster things but I knew this would be so awesome I had to. I had the vintage flower and color scheme in my head before I went to the fabric store and I walked right to this piece. It was exactly what I had envisioned. I love how it turned out such a fun piece! I actually got some before and during pics of this one :)

 

A project for the books!

Found a project I did and took pictures of a few months ago. Thought it would be nice to have on here.... Found these beautiful wing back chairs at the local thrift store. Can't even remember the price... but it must have been good. LOOOVE these chairs. I had never reupholstered anything in my life before this.... don't know that I ever will again LOL... OK it wasn't that bad.
 Started by taking out the hundreds of staples....

I have to admit by the time I get to this point and realized there was no turning back..... I was getting a little nervous.  

I unrolled my fabric and put all of the old piece of fabric on top to figure out a way to use as much new fabric as possible. I just pieced them together like a puzzle leaving about an inch extra all around just in case!! 

Started with the tufting part on the back of the chair and then the bottom... 

 My husband was loving no parking space for the hrs and hrs it took to complete this project :) 

WHALAAAA here is the finished one.... We will get to the sister chair... after a little break! :)

I set it by our fireplace downstairs and I LOOOVE it! 

The pictures don't do the fabric justice... 

So fun!