Two nights ago I headed out to South Burnaby to have a look at an old bicycle that someone was selling off Craigslist. Little did I know, I’d also bring back some very old theater seats.
Posts tagged reupholster
| Jan 07 |
Stumbling upon antique movie theatre seatsPosted by: ryan @ 1:13 am in thrifting, vintage finds |
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antiques, restoration, reupholster, vancouver, vintage
| Sep 24 |
Interior Design Show West (IDSWest)Posted by: naomi @ 8:07 pm in events, home decor |
IDSWest took place this past weekend at the Vancouver Convention Centre and boy was there a ton of eye-candy. There was no shortage of vendors, designers and independent contractors with various displays for people to look at. Pictures speak louder than words so take a look at the plethora of visuals after the jump.
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antiques, art deco, furniture, kitchen, lighting, restoration, reupholster, textiles, vancouver
| Sep 09 |
Refinishing a balloon back chair – Part 2.5Posted by: naomi @ 10:58 pm in diy refinishing, vintage finds |
You can read Part 1 here.
You can read Part 2 here.
So yeah, about the chair.
Long story short, it was accidentally kicked over and the top half broke off. I went through a series of emotions like when you break up with someone – denial, anger, sadness, acceptance. Fortunately, it was a fairly clean break so we’re going to attempt to glue it back together and hopefully it will be better (and stronger) than before.
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antiques, furniture, paint, restoration, reupholster, sanding, spray paint
| Aug 30 |
Refinishing a balloon back chair – Part 2Posted by: naomi @ 6:54 pm in diy refinishing, vintage finds |
We finally found some time to work on the chair. FYI I did end up getting a little paint happy and overdid it a bit, so the lesson we can all learn from this is – less is more. There wasn’t really anywhere to work on the chair without making a mess so we just decided to do it on the lawn and propped it up on some makeshift blocks (they were actually engine oil bottles).
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antiques, furniture, paint, restoration, reupholster, sanding, spray paint
| Aug 15 |
Refinishing a balloon back chair – Part 1Posted by: naomi @ 9:46 pm in diy refinishing, vintage finds |
As you can see, it’s been a productive weekend. I found this balloon back chair for $40 at a hole in the wall vintage/antiques store on the way to Seattle. Those who believe antiques should be preserved and kept ‘as-is’ you’ve been warned. More pictures, less words – keep reading to see me destroy this baby and then put it back together.
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antiques, fairhaven, furniture, restoration, reupholster, seattle
