So, I was able to acquire this beauty last December after falling in love with it at work. Since the shop was moving to a smaller place, my boss offered this to me for a deal to good to pass up! Mr man had to clean out our barn recently and Chairie came into the porch! Well, since I had the fabric and some 'extra' time, I got to it! I probably pulled 1000 tacks from this as well as dirty rotted MOHAIR velvet that was almost 100 years old! This was original upholstery! Even the arms are sprung. Thankfully, the springs were still intact and did not need retying or replacing. I left the old straw and cotton batting and placed a layer of dacron over it. Then stapled the fabrics onto it! In some places I used welting, and I did use cardboard welt tack to keep it all even. I did replace the cushion with a foam wrapped with dacron. In the future I will probably replace that with a foam feather wrap cushion.
Chairie has made it to the living room, but the wood rack had to be moved out, as well as a few other things. It fits in perfectly! What a comfy piece! Mr man and Jackson love it!
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