Before & After: Three Cheers For This Office Chair
Tamara spotted this old office chair that was in surprisingly good shape, so she snatched it up with plans to make it her own. Fast forward three years, throw in a lucky find at the fabric store and you have one gorgeously updated chair.
From Tamara: I see these old university office/lobby chairs in Surplus Goods quite often, but the joints are not always in great shape so I usually pass. This one is as solid as the day it was made…but it was grubby with a greasy coating on the wooden areas, and as you see, horrible old plaid upholstery fabric. When I saw that the seat and back were both simply screwed on, I realized I could do an easy (read: new sewing) reupholstery job on this chair.
It sat in the basement for three years….until I accidentally found this wool fabric while searching for something else at JoAnn fabric. The fabric was also 70% off, so I got it and finally gave this chair the makeover it deserved. I washed and scrubbed the wood, let it dry, and rubbed some tung oil on it….I didn’t need or want the wood to look new.
I love it! I live in a 1952 house with a mish-mash of new and old pieces, built-in bookcases and original artwork. This chair is right at home.
Thank you, Tamara!