My Latest Project
Anyone who's actually talked to me knows that I occasionally sew. Last night I decided to branch out a bit.
When my sister got married 37 years ago, her husband gave her a cedar chest:
When she divorced him 10 years later, she gave the chest to me. When my oldest daughter, Elizabeth was 8, I gave it to her. About 5 years ago, the chest had to be put into storage. Apparently, while it was there, a mouse decided it was cozy:
There was metal edging that was damaged as well:
Last night I decided to finally repair it.
The first thing I did was to take the top off of the chest:
Then I pried out all the old staples and removed the old ugly fabric:
I was going to use the same foam, only flipped over, but the foam was moldy, so I had to use different padding:
Then I had to match the size and cuts of the new tapestry material to the old:
Then I put the padding and the board on the material and pulled up the sides:
I tried to secure it with furniture tacks, but after 37 years, the pressboard seems to have turned to rock and when I tried to hammer them in. the tacks broke! So I used staples that we had to hammer in.
Once I was done, it looked like this:
Then we had to screw it back onto the lid of the chest. When I finished, it looked like this:
Then I had to fix the metal so it wouldn't get caught in the lock. It went from this:
to this:
So, after all was said and done, it went from this to this:
And Elizabeth was happy with it:
So, what do you think?
When my sister got married 37 years ago, her husband gave her a cedar chest:
When she divorced him 10 years later, she gave the chest to me. When my oldest daughter, Elizabeth was 8, I gave it to her. About 5 years ago, the chest had to be put into storage. Apparently, while it was there, a mouse decided it was cozy:
There was metal edging that was damaged as well:
Last night I decided to finally repair it.
The first thing I did was to take the top off of the chest:
Then I pried out all the old staples and removed the old ugly fabric:
I was going to use the same foam, only flipped over, but the foam was moldy, so I had to use different padding:
Then I had to match the size and cuts of the new tapestry material to the old:
Then I put the padding and the board on the material and pulled up the sides:
I tried to secure it with furniture tacks, but after 37 years, the pressboard seems to have turned to rock and when I tried to hammer them in. the tacks broke! So I used staples that we had to hammer in.
Once I was done, it looked like this:
Then we had to screw it back onto the lid of the chest. When I finished, it looked like this:
Then I had to fix the metal so it wouldn't get caught in the lock. It went from this:
to this:
So, after all was said and done, it went from this to this:
And Elizabeth was happy with it:
So, what do you think?