ANTIQUE MAKEUP BENCH REDO

HAPPY AUGUST TO YOU ALL

The last week found me on the sofa battling bronchitis and feeling pretty puny.  BUT after a week of not doing much, I always need to get something major done to make my mental-self feel better--hoping the body will follow the mind!  So today I did a little makeover on an antique makeup bench I inherited a while back.

Here's how it started life with me...

I suspect that this fabric is at least 50-60 years old.  For it's age, it held up extremely well.  But, it needed a little facelift and here's what I found as I began to pull upholstery tacks out...

I have to say that when I saw another fabric underneath, my heart began to beat excitedly.  I was on my way to another discovery--even though it might mean pulling double the amount of tacks!  Here's the discovery...

The fabric underneath was just a base fabric--a fabric used to establish a base for upholstering the piece.  I think this is a practice that was used  when a piece of furniture was stuffed with horsehair.  This fabric would have confined the hair on the piece.  I worked on a piece like that years ago and it was quite a discovery, let me tell you!

Here's the final result.  This was a discontinued sample I picked up several years ago, hence that is why the design is not centered.  I like the piece well enough to let perfectionism slide and the price was right.  I paid $5 for the fabric.  I love a good fabric stash!

Here's the piece at the dressing table it goes with...

Another project complete!  Yeah!  It didn't take very long and maybe I'll feel better tomorrow because I was mentally active.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all peace. 

Robin

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