We found this rocker on Craigslist a while ago for a pretty good deal. The fabric doesn't look so bad in the picture but it was really really old and dirty in real life so we knew we would have to reupholster it. We sat on it and thought it was pretty comfy except for one spot near the back that we thought "just needed more padding". No Problem! We liked how it rocked like a rocking chair but the base is like a glider so it's easier on our floors. Little did we know this is what we would find....
This is what we found when we started to take the chair apart to reupholster it. The springs are supposed to be attached to the sides with string, almost all of the strings were broken so the springs were going crazy! We watched some videos on the web about re tying, ordered some new string and then got to work. It was definitely a learning process and the whole chair ended up taking longer then we ever planned on but it all worked out OK in the end.
It was my job to tie the springs and Dusty was in charge of the staple gun since that thing is powerful! We barely had enough string, actually we probably could have used more but at least every spring is tied at least 4 times. Better then before!
Here is the chair all finished, hopefully it lasts a while!
No comments:
Post a Comment