Seat Yourself

I had an old chair that the cushion was no longer a cushion and the black covering was just boring. I decided to redo it with a bit of the fabric that I got at a thrift store for 2 bucks. I have probably 3 yards of this fabric.

I pulled off the fabric and the cushion. I found that the chair actually has a hole cut through the seat of the chair. Kind of like it used to be a chamber pot chair. Gross.

But whatever. Still a cool chair.

The board holding the cushion was in ok condition. It was probably about 1/4 or 3/8 inch thick. Which was sufficient since it rests on the seat of the chair. You could tell that they had re-purposed a scrap piece of wood. It sort of resembled material that cupboards or wood paneling is made of.

I purchased a $8 - 2 inch chair cushion from Fields Fabrics. I cut the foam with a utility knife using the wood seat as my guide. This was a bit trickier that I thought. Since the foam was so thick, I had to make two or more cuts down the side careful not to cut on an angle.

I then laid the fabric over the wood and cushion and cut to size with enough to pull over the edge.

I then stapled the fabric to the wood using 1/4 inch staples. I edged it with upholstery cording on 3 of the sides. I did not put cording around the back side of the seat.

Here's the results!

Sorry that I wasn't great at taking pictures throughout the process. I was too busy trying to figure it out. I have another chair, a different style, that I will be covering with the same material, and I will be more intentional about taking pictures throughout that process.

Best,
Melanie

Dull Lull

I have done a great amount of gardening this year. Hopefully, I will see the full benefits of next year. I am continuing this fall to thin out some things and continue conceptualizing what I would like to see in the remaining spaces.I need to continue thinning my lillies and lilly of the valley.

I have did a touch of research and have become very familiar with Michigan Native species of the last two summers. I am focusing on those and using them in my garden as much as possible. (I really like the white lillies. I may keep those even as I get closer to mostly native species.)

I have a section of purple cone flower, black eyed susan, milkweek, yarrow that transitions to peony, black eyed susan, New England aster, blue eyed grass, and butterfly weed, transitioning to butterfly weed, new England aster, lupine, prairie smoke, and columbine. I have wild petunia spreading and wild violet as well as ground covers.

I would like to add a couple of planters of ostrich fern out front with my jacob's ladders, trilliums, big leaf aster, and dead nettle. I will keep the dead nettle. I just love how well it blosoms through out the year in my garden. So pretty!

Other than that, we have not done any house projects other than the deck :(

I pulled the nails out of the trim boards if you think that is something. I will be sanding them, priming, and painting white. I think that and painting my kitchen might be two projects I take on this fall.