Patricia Kruep’s LittleBerryStudio

Settee Reupholstery Project

A couple of years ago I acquired this settee via Freecycle:

Here is a side view:

It took almost two years to complete, but I managed to finally finish reupholstering it this past spring (fortunately before child #2 was born). Here is the result:

From a slightly different angle:

One of the reasons the project took two years was because it took over a year to find the right fabric. I eventually found this red Matelasse sporting a pretty chrysanthemum pattern at Fabrics Unlimited, a decorating fabrics store outside of Charlottesville, VA (they have another shop in Fredericksburg, VA). They have a large selection of fabrics and good prices. They even let you check out large samples to take home. Definitely recommend them.

The photos don’t do it justice, but the piping around the edges is a dusty, robin’s egg blue in silk dupioni. The silk is also used as a border on my window treatments in the same room.

Overall, I was pretty satisfied with the outcome of this project. It’s a comfortable chair to sit in, I was able to reuse much of the stuffing, though the outer layer of batting had to be replaced. And I didn’t have to retie the springs. This is my second-ever reupholstery project and far more complex than the last one I did well over 10 years ago. There are definitely things I wish I had done differently or better, but I’ll chalk them up to learning curve. Plus, most people won’t catch the errors unless they are pointed out, haha.

Soon after finishing this project, I managed to score a good deal on some ultrasuede for a second upholstery project. That one is still in progress. More on that to come.

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