Surprise ... It's Finished!
It has taken far too long but it is finally finished. I do hope Anne likes it. Everything was recovered and awaiting assembly; just four, little brass screws was all that was needed, or so I thought. Stephen tried to slip the chair's back into the frame. He realised that it simply did not fit. Gentle force, still not going to fit. All of the fabric and my beautifully straight line of staples were never going back into that newly stained and lacquered frame. What to do? Back to the beginning. We stripped everything we had done right back to the original, felt of the backrest. It's age now exposed and its pock marked timber too. There were in fact two layers of old green fabric beneath the new cream upholstery. What a surprise! Screwdrivers and pincers savaged and wrestled the myriad of tacks that were secreted underneath. Finished and Anne had the privilege of being the first to sit on her mother's old chair.
It has taken far too long but it is finally finished. I do hope Anne likes it. Everything was recovered and awaiting assembly; just four, little brass screws was all that was needed, or so I thought. Stephen tried to slip the chair's back into the frame. He realised that it simply did not fit. Gentle force, still not going to fit. All of the fabric and my beautifully straight line of staples were never going back into that newly stained and lacquered frame. What to do? Back to the beginning. We stripped everything we had done right back to the original, felt of the backrest. It's age now exposed and its pock marked timber too. There were in fact two layers of old green fabric beneath the new cream upholstery. What a surprise! Screwdrivers and pincers savaged and wrestled the myriad of tacks that were secreted underneath. Finished and Anne had the privilege of being the first to sit on her mother's old chair.
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