Restoring the Viennese chair with your own hands
Perhaps you have a couple of old antiques lying around your homechairs left over from grandparents, previous owners of the apartment or roommates. Often such chairs look sad: worn, scratched, wobbly, with frayed upholstery and broken backrests, they stand somewhere unnoticed in the corner, waiting to be thrown out and replaced with new ones. Well, we offer a project for the restoration of old furniture, in particular, the restoration of a Viennese chair with your own hands. It is the new backrest that will transform the old chair into a modern piece of furniture.
This is the Viennese chair we will work with:
As you can see, from the classic chair backonly a semicircular frame remains. But first, all the wood needs to be put in order, remove the remains of the old paint, sand it, cover it with new acrylic paint for wood of the chosen shade, varnish it if desired, paint it or age it again. After the chair is completely dry, you can start restoring the back. In order for the restoration of a Viennese chair with your own hands to be modern and unusual, you will need a piece of leather (which was used in this example) or thick fabric. To determine the length of the canvas, take a centimeter and measure the distance from the seat to the top of the back and back plus a couple of centimeters. Take the width of the canvas at your discretion. A back that is too narrow will be uncomfortable, and one that is too wide will not look good.
Hang the fabric on the back and mark with a pencil where the rope weaving will begin.
Fasten the folded fabric in half with binders and use an awl to make holes for the rope at a distance of 2 cm from each other and 1-2 cm from the edge.
Take about 15 meters of rope,fold it in half and find the middle (7.5m). Tie a small knot there. Then pull each end of the rope through the top hole of the canvas so that the knot is in the middle of the fabric. Untie the knot, it is no longer needed.
Start weaving from one side.Pull the rope up to the frame, follow the steps in photos A-C, pull tight and pull the rope through the next hole down. Repeat A-C on the opposite side, and continue weaving down the fabric, alternating between the left and right sides. This will keep the back straight and prevent it from sliding to one side.
Cut off the excess ends of the rope and tie them tightly.knot, and then a playful bow on the back of the canvas. For greater reliability, you can secure the knot with a drop of glue. The restoration of the Viennese chair with your own hands is complete! It will certainly find its place in the sun, both in the kitchen or in the living room, and in the bedroom.
