Retro chair Rags to Riches

Gormal · **Posted: 24-03-2010 , 07:37 PM** #1

Picked this up off another site locally, was destined for the skip if nobody rescued it.
Had hoped to do it like it was but it had other ideas when trying to fix the fabric on as not even staples would stay in. So it got a make over. Didn't have enough fabric to do the seat, but I didn't really want that anyway so I used oilcloth instead and a 20" cushion to bolster it. I also filled in the the missing foam bits on the back/arms. I tacked the fabric in place.........ahh comfy! This is definitely the chics chair...lol

maggied · **Posted: 24-03-2010 , 07:55 PM** #2

hi gormal , another great transformation , i love it . i have those zips for you have been a bit busy last few days will put them in the post in the morning
maggie

elbo · **Posted: 24-03-2010 , 07:57 PM** #3

Gormal, you are amazing. Looking at the Before picture, I just couldn't imagine it being a chair again. Brilliant work.

sparkwell · **Posted: 24-03-2010 , 08:13 PM** #4

Great funky chair Gormal there is absolutely nothing safe around you! I can't believe its the same chair.

Well done and thanks for sharing

Sparkwell

Eibhlin ni Sheambrai · **Posted: 25-03-2010 , 12:32 AM** #5

Hi Gormal, great work. I am impressed...and I love the colours...that bright lime colour is sooo this years colour. Well done, Eibhlin.

laracroft · **Posted: 25-03-2010 , 12:54 AM** #6

Hi gormal,its totaly fab,u did an amazing job,well done..

Gormal · **Posted: 25-03-2010 , 10:43 AM** #7

Thankyou all for the support. My partner thought I had gone insane when I asked him to come with me to collect it. But was quite impressed by the end result, or perhaps by the fact that I managed it!!!
Maggied thats fine. There's no rush.
Eibhlin I had thought the seat might be orange, but there was only green left in the shop.

chucken1 · **Posted: 25-03-2010 , 11:57 AM** #8

Thats unbelievable!! Well done.

Belarus · **Posted: 25-03-2010 , 03:18 PM** #9

Brilliant work Gormal. It really looks funky You did fantastic work. Thanks for sharing. Regards.

unapam · **Posted: 25-03-2010 , 06:09 PM** #10

What a transformation. A funky retro sixties style. Well done!

Pepperpixie · **Posted: 25-03-2010 , 06:41 PM** #11

wow that's fantastic, i never would have thought of restoring a chair that was in that condition, wouldn't even know where to start, fair play to ya!!!

I wanted to put my Black Leather Suite (the famous one the dog chewed) on here but my hubby was embarassed that i would offer it to anyone, but if anyone out there did want to try restore it they're welcome to it (outside at the moment)

snorry · **Posted: 26-03-2010 , 11:35 AM** #12

cool love the colours

Mickey · **Posted: 29-03-2010 , 09:31 PM** #13

WOW

Eibhlin, Unapam, Gormal, I have prepared the biggest bedroom for you all and you are invited to spend the next 2 months here as my very special bestest guests and I promise I won't be upset if you give my house a makeover!

palminnie1 · **Posted: 29-03-2010 , 10:18 PM** #14

Yoyoa! thats a chair ok! thats a great great chair, i am dead jealous, what an amazing job, will never look at a crummy chair again and pass it by after seeing what can be done. well DONE!
palminnie1

Betty Boo 69 · **Posted: 13-04-2010 , 10:56 PM** #15

Wow that is really fab.. I love it :) Good on you..

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	Posted: 24-03-2010 , 07:37 PM #1
Gormal Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: North Kerry Posts: 684	Retro chair Rags to Riches Picked this up off another site locally, was destined for the skip if nobody rescued it. Had hoped to do it like it was but it had other ideas when trying to fix the fabric on as not even staples would stay in. So it got a make over. Didn't have enough fabric to do the seat, but I didn't really want that anyway so I used oilcloth instead and a 20" cushion to bolster it. I also filled in the the missing foam bits on the back/arms. I tacked the fabric in place.........ahh comfy! This is definitely the chics chair...lol Attached Images

	Posted: 24-03-2010 , 07:55 PM #2
maggied Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cavan Posts: 244	chair hi gormal , another great transformation , i love it . i have those zips for you have been a bit busy last few days will put them in the post in the morning maggie

	Posted: 24-03-2010 , 07:57 PM #3
elbo Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dublin 9 Posts: 1,846	Gormal, you are amazing. Looking at the Before picture, I just couldn't imagine it being a chair again. Brilliant work.

	Posted: 24-03-2010 , 08:13 PM #4
sparkwell Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Portarlington, Co. Laois Posts: 713	Great funky chair Gormal there is absolutely nothing safe around you! I can't believe its the same chair. Well done and thanks for sharing Sparkwell

	Posted: 25-03-2010 , 12:32 AM #5
Eibhlin ni Sheambrai Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Moate, Co. Westmeath Posts: 1,037	wow Hi Gormal, great work. I am impressed...and I love the colours...that bright lime colour is sooo this years colour. Well done, Eibhlin.

	Posted: 25-03-2010 , 12:54 AM #6
laracroft Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kerry Posts: 114	Hi g Hi gormal,its totaly fab,u did an amazing job,well done..

	Posted: 25-03-2010 , 10:43 AM #7
Gormal Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: North Kerry Posts: 684	Thankyou all for the support. My partner thought I had gone insane when I asked him to come with me to collect it. But was quite impressed by the end result, or perhaps by the fact that I managed it!!! Maggied thats fine. There's no rush. Eibhlin I had thought the seat might be orange, but there was only green left in the shop.

	Posted: 25-03-2010 , 11:57 AM #8
chucken1 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Clare Posts: 1,135	Thats unbelievable!! Well done.

	Posted: 25-03-2010 , 03:18 PM #9
Belarus Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Co. Limerick Posts: 871	Brilliant work Gormal. It really looks funky You did fantastic work. Thanks for sharing. Regards.

	Posted: 25-03-2010 , 06:09 PM #10
unapam Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,280	Wow!!! What a transformation. A funky retro sixties style. Well done!

	Posted: 25-03-2010 , 06:41 PM #11
Pepperpixie Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Carlow Posts: 676	wow that's fantastic, i never would have thought of restoring a chair that was in that condition, wouldn't even know where to start, fair play to ya!!! I wanted to put my Black Leather Suite (the famous one the dog chewed) on here but my hubby was embarassed that i would offer it to anyone, but if anyone out there did want to try restore it they're welcome to it (outside at the moment)

	Posted: 26-03-2010 , 11:35 AM #12
snorry Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bray, Co. Wicklow Posts: 893	cool love the colours

	Posted: 29-03-2010 , 09:31 PM #13
Mickey Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wicklow Posts: 1,421	WOW Eibhlin, Unapam, Gormal, I have prepared the biggest bedroom for you all and you are invited to spend the next 2 months here as my very special bestest guests and I promise I won't be upset if you give my house a makeover!

	Posted: 29-03-2010 , 10:18 PM #14
palminnie1 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Greystones, Co. Wicklow Posts: 367	oh oh ohaaa! Yoyoa! thats a chair ok! thats a great great chair, i am dead jealous, what an amazing job, will never look at a crummy chair again and pass it by after seeing what can be done. well DONE! palminnie1

	Posted: 13-04-2010 , 10:56 PM #15
Betty Boo 69 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wexford Posts: 575	Wow that is really fab.. I love it :) Good on you..