Finishing the Chair

Now to the Distressing and Comfort.

Comfort First:

I quickly sanded the chair seat so the glue would penetrate and grip the wood better. I applied masking tape to stop the glue getting on the edges of the seat. The glue I used is Contact Glue.

The glue was also applied to the foam.

I removed the masking tape and once glue was tacky I pressed the 2 sides together.

I added wadding with a staple gun.

I also added a layer of plain cotton to tidy the wadding and add extra comfort.

Close up of corners... this took ages to get a tidy look!!

Finally I added my fabric.

Done... well nearly...

I added plain pink cotton to tidy the underside.

Distressing:
To create the distress look, I first scraped the corners and edges using a stripper tool then sanded those areas using coarser sand paper. This allowed the base coat and some of the wood to come through. I sanded away areas I thought would get naturally worn.

Ta Dahhh...

Final Result! I also waxed the chair to make it smooth and shiny!