Boy, am I glad it's Friday.  And you know how we celebrate
Fridays around here - with Before & After projects!

These antique French chairs were almost beyond salvaging:

The Designer Insider

Such beautiful results!

This vintage chair was reupholstered from
fabric created from recycled plastic bottles:
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Designs By Mara


Molly Andrews and Tracy Jenkins are partners in Chairloom,
an upholstery company in Ardmore, PA.  Here are a few
examples of their amazing talents:
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Chairloom
Molly and Tracy seek out vintage and antique furniture
that they can bring back to life with beautiful fabrics.

 Distressed Mid-Century Modern chairs . . . . .

. . . were cleverly upholstered in retro fabric:

Retro Quo



An antique settee was given a contemporary makeover:
Before

After

Markham Restoration Services
Granted, the upholsterer did a wonderful job but I'm just not sure
I'm in favor of the black painted wood and white leather fabric.




This faded beauty was truly in very sad shape:
Before

After: 

Source
There's no accounting for taste  - I question the fabric choice in this project.



This channel back chair was found on Craigslist for $40:
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Blue Rooms, White Houses



Another channel back chair received a
slightly different upholstery treatment:
Before

After: 

Three Boys



 A tired swivel chair received some incredible TLC:

Jill Rosenwald via Design Sponge



This pair of vintage chairs was recovered
and updated by removing the 'skirt':

Design Sponge



The same technique was used to update this thrift store find:

Ash Flynn

 When viewing Before & After projects it's easy to forget the hard work
involved in resurrecting a piece of furniture to it's former glory:
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Driscoll Antiques


Oh, my.  This antique settee was pitiful:

 After:

Carolina Furniture Restoration
Well done.  Truly stunning.



If you're interested in trying your hand at upholstering
a piece of furniture start with a small project: 

The DIY Playbook
Easy step-by-step instructions for recovering this
bench can be viewed here at The DIY Playbook.

I hope you enjoyed this post on Before & After upholstery projects.  If you're out browsing at a flea market, in a thrift store, or at a yard sale this weekend be on the lookout for a B&A project of your own.