La Petite French Chair

Hello Again From the French Hen's Nest


  Have you ever seen a small french chair with no seat, no back, just hanging on a wall?  I love that look, unfortunately I don't have a space big enough to do that.  But, when I spotted my chair sitting in the rain, that vision ran through my mind. 








So I grabbed it, soaking wet, green vinyl and all.  I let it sit around for a couple of weeks to dry out, and then removed the green seat.  Underneath the seat was  horsehair and springs.  I was surprised!  Fortunately the springs and horsehair cover were in great shape, so I just removed the vinyl and foam.  Then I let it sit around while I contemplated how to upholster it.

  Well, creative juices hit me Friday, I had to do something with that chair, and I had to do it then.  So I decided that  since I liked the look of the grain sack cloth upholstery, I would do that.  Too bad, I didn't have any on hand. So I decided to use canvas to cover it, I bought a canvas drop cloth, took it home and was ready to go. 

   First, I dry brushed the chair with a flat white paint, it looks like chalk paint, which is a look I like. 

Before

 













 I cut foam to fit the seat, then I cut the canvas seat out, and painted a blue stripe down the middle.   Once stapled on to the chair, I really liked the way it looked.

Stapled and trimmed

Material stapled

                      
I had a hard time deciding what trim to use to cover the staples.  Then I had a brilliant idea, I decided to use the finished edge of the drop cloth to make the trim.  I cut an inch wide, four foot piece of trim, and stapled it just above the staples on the seat cover.  Once on all sides, I took a brush and painted glue all around the chair.  Then I pulled the trim down that I had attached, and pressed into the glue for the finishing touch.   Now I have an extra little chair to use when I have more company than planned for or just to look at. Voila' here it is. 

Trim attached

   I decided to leave the back open, it is very comfortable like this.  What do you think of  La Petite French Chair?

Till Nest Time,

Jeannie

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