I actually love the upholstery on the before. The colors of the striped fabric in the after are a bit too neutral for me. A great find and wonderful project though. I think I've been convinced to go garage saleing this weekend.

I love the first one two! The redo is really nice too.

Maybe i'm just saying this because it's not quite my style, but I think I may prefer the before. I'm not sure about leaving the details in the wood dark. It makes it look very "homemade antiquing." I think painting the frame completely would give it a really fresh look, but still retain the style of the furniture.

No way! Dingy purple and burgundy should not be missed! Beachy neutrals are it. Get some color from artwork and pillows, not 90's fabric!

I prefer the before as well -- the after is okay, although the upholstery looks a bit loose

First the gilded age. Then came the depression.

Unlike most previous commenters, I am NOT a fan of the before.

Love the after!

Love the after, too. Not at all a fan of that old hippie dippie look. Bleah. Nice save and redo. It looks fresh in those colors.

Oh I like the after much better too. It looks much more inviting with the light striped fabric. Good work!

A vast improvement. Kudos! Love the look of the paint/glaze.
Only thing I *might* have done differently -- if I could do this at all! -- would be to have put a welt on the front edge of the seat cushion, for a bit more definition.

I don't really mind the before, but there was definitely enormous unfulfilled potential there. Unfortunately, in my opinion it remains unfulfilled. White faux-aged finished? No thanks, it just makes it look phony and kinda cheap. I would have gone with a full on white, and probably a slightly more exciting fabric, but that is the type of thing I am into.

At any rate, still better restoration/upholstery work than I've ever attempted by far, nice work.

I agree with Holler. A full white finish and exciting fabric would look great. The after is better than the before, but it looks boring to me.

I like it!

I wish you had included steps on how you did the arm upholstery and the bottom part. I have a chair I'd like to redo, but have no idea how to do those seams. Do you sew them in, glue, staple?

Like the frame but not the fabric.

Faux aging is not my thing. I prefer the before frame, and neither fabric.

Beautiful redo!

Before almost has a mini ikat to it. Super on-trend. After, model home. Whatever floats your boat, but I like "before".

I think it looks sweet and comfy. It's the chair I'd nestle in with my coffee in the morning.

The fabric seems very loose but really it looks like it would I had redone it myself. Now that you have one under your belt, the next one will be better.

Liked it better before...had more character. It looks kind of "neutered" now. Though I've always been more of a fan of color.

What a find! The before's flame stitch fabric was interesting, but looked tired/worn out. The after looks great, but the antiquing glaze is a little heavy handed, and I'd prefer a the seat cushion be properly constructed. I love the way you've styled it with the toss pillows, well done!

I like the piece, but I think new fabric alone might have been a better choice. Even the white spraypaint before the glaze (pic on her blog) is better than the end result, to my taste. Too heavy on the glaze here. Nice color & pattern choices on the fabric and pillows, though.

Didn't I just read an AT post about how amazing and covetable flame stitch is?

And now, a day later, we celebrate ... obviously home-upholstered beige, and obviously faux antique effect white paint.

This is about as harsh as I get, but truly I can't help saying it: this is pretty bad.

I think the before fabric had more personality. I would either have kept it,had it professionally cleaned, painted the trim to match the blue in the fabric, or re-covered it in red fabric and painted the trim black. But then I am a color person, and obviously those colors don't suit her neutral tastes.

I prefer it before, just needed a little love not a complete make over.

But she rolled up her sleeves and did it. Way to go!

It looked better before.

I woulda just steam-cleaned the fabric, then painted the wood purple. But I'm a weirdo. Good for her for taking on the project!

I like the before, clean up the upholstery and that would do it for me. I'm a purple person, but kudos for doing your thing.

Home Fancy, my thoughts exactly! Wish I could find that for $20 at a garage sale.

Ambitious but not executed well.

Wow, I wish I could find that piece for $20 at a garage sale! LOVE the purple, looks like it would be found in a nook at Royal Tenenbaum's house. It looks like it just needed a deep cleaning and some new pillows. The after must fit her tastes better though. Its not easy reupholstering!

This is a tough style for a beginner to do. You have to be meticulous with the tension of the fabric across the back, otherwise you get that slackness. I also wonder what's behind the pillows. Those corner vertical seams are hard to get right.

Don't like the before, but the after is not much better. Way too bland. I don't like the fake antiqued finish, and the fabric is way too neutral too. And talk about pillow overload, there's no room to sit on it. Plus the pillows don't go well together nor with the actual loveseat.

Even though the before had ridiculous fabric the shape was elegant and had character and presence, but the not quite tight enough upholstery and the too many pillows and the neutrality of it all have made it completely lose that elegance. Instead it just looks sad.

It looks nice, but... I think ssarts11 hit the nail on the head.

The combination of red and purple in the upholstery had a certain razzamatazz - I'd like to see a modern version of those colours together in a fabric.

can you make it go back?

Helloooo... the before is not from the 90's or hippy-dippy. This is classic 1970's from someplace like Macy's. (Base on the style, the caning and the fabric.) (With different fabric it could be 10-20 years older...)

Looks fine to me, all things considered.

If it were mine, just for another image, I think I'd gold-leaf the wood and upholster with peacock blue "antique satin"... (I have the fabric, someday I will use it!) Nothing succeeds like excess!

I have to agree the faux-antique is not good. I like the dark frame on the before pic. It could also look good painted a lighter color, I guess its just the faux finish I don't like. I hate to be a downer. Great effort though, and much better than what I could have done!

I liked the before A LOT!

I don't like either. So there.

I'm desperately trying to figure out what everyone sees that was so great about the 'before', and I'm coming up short. Didn't like it at all. The 'after' is okay. The neutral colored fabric wouldn't have been my choice, but I do like the stripes and the accents in the pillows. Overall, I think it works. Great makeover!