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UPHOLSTERY TIPS NEWSLETTER
Issue No. 14 - Rejuvenating a Rocker
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Hi
If you are wondering how to rejuvenate a chair
that once had caning in the seat but is no
longer useable, maybe this tip will be helpful.
A customer brought in an old rocker that had
belonged to her grandmother. The caning in
the seat had given away. She didn't want to
re-cane it. But, she still wanted to be able
to use it.
She also had a needlepoint piece that her mother
had done. She wanted to use this on the chair
seat.
We cut a piece of plywood to fit over the opening
in the chair seat. We padded the plywood seat
piece and covered it with the needlepoint. Next,
we attached the completed seat to the rocker.
To see the completed rocker, go to.
http://www.HowToUpholster.com/nl_sites/rocker.htm
This is one of the easier jobs that has come
through our shop. Anyone with the basic skills
of upholstery can do this.
This is to give you some ideas what can be done
to give new life to a chair. A lot of people
would have seen the damaged cane in this chair
and thrown it away. But with a simple fix,
it is a good chair again.
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The basic skills of reupholstery are taught
in our ebook, "How To Upholster Furniture".
The ebook can be purchased at
http://www.howtoupholster.com
We would like to know what basic upholstery
topics you would like to see in the Upholstery
Tips Newsletter. Send your suggestions to
Editor@HowToUpholster.com and we will do our
best to include them in future issues of the
Newsletter or answer you personally.
“How To Upholster Furniture” is a 92-page ebook
covering the basics of reupholstery. It covers
tools, slip seats, a simple chair, webbing,
some sewing techniques, plus more, which is
available through our website
http://www.HowToUpholster.com
Betty and Richard Hanson
Hanson Upholstery
Contact us at: Hanson@HowToUpholster.com
