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Veronica


United Kingdom
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Posted - 02 Jan 2007 :  17:55:17  Show Profile Send Veronica a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I bought these four Edwardian dining chairs in a sad unloved state . The varnish was so badly chipped & dark that I stripped it all of & lime polished it . Its a lovely grey/white colour & blends well with the material . They are now in my kitchen which is duck egg blue ,the colour of the sripes . Has not come out so well in the photo but I think they look great & all stripes match on each chair .

P.S Hello to everybody ,I'm new .

jean



France
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Posted - 02 Jan 2007 :  18:26:42  Show Profile Send jean a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Can't see the photo...maybe it's still in the reducing to size stage - I'll look tomorrow.
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oldsofas



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Posted - 03 Jan 2007 :  10:25:22  Show Profile Send oldsofas a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Veronica, welcome to the forum the chair looks great. You've done a brilliant job of the show wood and the upholstery, shape and fabric placement looks excellent. The only thing I would question is the height of the seat. If you compare the original with the finished piece you can see that there's a much smaller gap between the back of the seat and show wood cross piece on the finished chair. Obviously the original chair has had a hard life and the seat will have settled down, but, because it's sprung it won't have sunk all that much.

Having said that the great thing about upholstery is that you can reupholster things to your spec and not copy what was done before so please take my comments as an observation rather than criticism.
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Veronica



United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Jan 2007 :  11:47:47  Show Profile Send Veronica a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Veronica Here

I quite agree about the height of the seat . Unfortunately I had not found the original photo taken some years back until I redid them . They had just been left as wooden frames for quite a while ! Thank Heavens for digital photography nowadays ,makes life easier ! Nice to have your comments though .
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oldsofas



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Posted - 03 Jan 2007 :  13:19:59  Show Profile Send oldsofas a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well, that makes your upholstery even more impressive. When you first start upholstering you can learn how to reupholster things by carefully stripping them, but if you start with a wooden frame you don't have that reference point.
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