Upholstery 2.0

I am so impressed with Patio Lane and the work they did on these cushions! Outsourced completely to their website (www.patiolane.com), including the Ralph Lauren fabric that was my ultimate choice, these cushions were delivered in what felt like only a handful of weeks.
You may remember what these chairs used to look like - nothing special in drab gray, and not that comfortable either!

The waterfall upholstery style maintains the continuous look of the fabric over the front of the chair and the piping along the edges makes them look more refined.
In the background, I added a towering bookcase to save space and consolidate our growing book collection.
Here is the finished look!

Ralph Lauren Westcliff Tattersal Camel LCF65792F

Broken Dishes

I love the Lynn Chase Jungle Jubilee hand painted plates. I ordered a set of four off of Ebay for $30. Unfortunately, two arrived broken in half, so I am left with two for this post. :/ (USPS claim is in the works!). Today I am going to show you how to fix a plate with a chip. Note: this method should only be used to fix chips along the edge of a plate and not where food is served.

Love these plates. If you look closely, you can see some chips along the edges.

To fix the chips, you need: 1) 2-Part Epoxy: I used Devcon from Amazon, 2) Oil pastels, 3) Toothpicks

Here is a closeup of the chips

Another closeup...

To fix the chips, color the oil pastel directly into the chip, mix the 2-part epoxy with a toothpick (equal parts) and spread the epoxy over your pastel work. I've seen an alternative method where the oil pastel is mixed directly into the epoxy and then applied. Coloring directly onto the chip worked best for me.

Prep work...

Complete! Three chips basically disappeared..

My color matching was not perfect because I was short on pastels.

Beach Chic Leather Folding Chair - Woven Leather v2

This will likely be my last chair post, but I wanted to add this variation since it is slightly different than the first (see, Woven Leather Chair) and has a summer spin! I purchased this aluminum Telescope folding chair on Ebay for $44 and re-covered it in leather for an additional $100. I purchased the natural strap leather (4 oz / 5 oz) from Weaver and had them cut 2" strips.

Here is the Telescope aluminum chair from Ebay that I bought for $44

First step is to disassemble the chair by unscrewing the canvas strips. Discard all but one from each direction to use as a template.

We found it was easier to cut the strips down the middle and just turn the strip, vs. using the screwdriver.

Using a strip as a template, cut your leather strips - give an inch of extra room just in case.

Prep the leather strips with a coat of oil to make them easier to work with and kick-start the patina process.

After washing the chair down with soap and water, it looks much cleaner.

Assembly in process - attach the leather strips just like the fabric was attached before.

Screwing each of the strips into place.

Halfway done - ready for weaving!

Weave the straps across and secure to the frame, just like the chair was assembled initially.

Finished product! Super comfy and beach chic - although, for sunny days only - do not get wet!

Please let me know if you have any questions by posting in the comments section below!