isabelladangelo | My First entry! (Reply)

At my first SCA Event, the market on the mills, I won a new chairs, some fabric, and some trim at the silent auction. Woohoo! I now had somewhere to sit other than my purple blanket, something to cover the un treated, unstained, chair, and some trim to make it look nice.

At first, I thought I'd paint and put silly stuff on it like medieval scrolling vines. However, once I got it home, I got a much better idea. I'd stain it and upholster it! The chair/throne is meant to be taken apart and fairly easy to carry. So I thought I'd add a small leather and thumbtack to the the front, I might add a "stuffed" pillow to the back piece and make a nice cushion. That way, it looks nice but still comes apart. So far, I've stained the chair but haven't upholstered it yet.

The first picture is of the untreated, un stained chair after I had taken it apart. It's fairly easy to take apart unless it's humid and hot out. Too bad I live in a swamp! ::sighs::

The second picture is just a close up of the back of the chair. In the center, I want to add a small oval shaped pillow like backing to it. I think I'm going to use pink velvet but I'm not sure yet.

The third picture is the first coat of stain. It's a bit darker but it looks like the wood is just wet, not a deep dark color like I want. The fourth picture is just a close up again of the back part of the chair.

Finally, after two coats on both sides, I got the deep dark color I wanted. It looks almost like the color of my church pews though...hmmm.....not bad for the renaissance I suppose. :-)

I'll post picture of the chair fully assembled and if it being upholstered when I put it back together. The humidity has finally gone down and I caved last night and brought the chair inside. It should fit together nicely now. When I tried last time to take a picture, it wouldn't fit together perfectly and I had to hammer it back out. I hope I won't have to do that this time....