Louis Chair Update

Well, I have been hard at work on the Louis chairs. "Hard at work" meaning they sat around for over a month while I decided which route I wanted to go when re-doing them.... BUT I finally decided that I wanted to go with a patterned fabric (this fabric to be exact)  and paint them a really dark (close to black) brown.

So two weekends ago, I pulled the fabric/staples off and primed them. Not lying when I say my hands were sore for about 3 days afterward. Pulling staples is not for the faint of heart! Then, they sat for another week. And this last weekend, I painted them and started to put the new fabric on. I am following Jenny's post as closely as possible, so I'm not going to do a full on 'how-to'. But she is right, every upholstery project is different, and it definitely takes some thinking outside the box.

ANYWAY. Here they are so far. I still have a bunch of stapling to do, but this is their current state.

(As you can see, the tape is still with us)

And here they are in the living room.

The last step will just be sewing/adding the cording. Wish me (and my sewing machine luck!)