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I found this cabinet in an out of the way warehouse in Massachusetts and I thought that with a little effort I could make it into a nice display cabinet.
we sanded it, primed it and painted it. It took three different tries with color before we found one we liked. Trial and error is the key to reworking old stuff.
It was an East lake style that we wanted to update, so I painted some of the trim and carving details in a contrasting creamy white color. The inside ended up being a light yellow after we gave up on peach and blue.
Here's the finished piece full of a collection of Bristol and mercury glass. It is now for sale at Studio 534 in the Boston Design Center
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badass bungalow
So, I decided it was time to learn how to reupholster furniture, now that I didn't sell it any longer. I signed up for an adult education reupholstery class in Jupiter Fl, not realizing I was beginning a new obsession. This is the chair I found for $10 at a local thrift store. Now the problem was finding someone who needed a chair, since I had no room in my house for anymore funiture. The sucker (I mean, recipient) was my Aunt Kitty, who agreed to chip in on 50% of the cost of the fabric, with the understanding that I would get to redo it in the style of my choice.
I felt this chair would look a lot better if I got rid of the channels running down its back and added buttons instead. The gathered skirt was a non-negotiable element that my aunt wasn't so sure about, but I really wanted to do, so, since the deal was that I got to choose how the chair would be restyled, it got a gathered skirt.
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