The last piece of furniture worked on by Sarah, Furniture Saver Extraordinaire, has been my grandfather's chair. It used to sit in the corner of the living room in the house he'd built on Ada Ave. in Muskegon, Michigan. My grandparent's style was French Provincial, which I will never quite fully embrace, however, I associate this chair with him - my amazingly talented and dear grandfather. And I can imagine him sitting there with his newspaper in the sunshine - so it is so very worth the saving. In the photo above he's a little cut off, but you can see him proudly playing his Lowrey organ while a friend helps the lower peddles and my mother accompanies him on guitar. And who is that fat little sprat you ask? Ahem, it's the current owner of the chair, of course.
I had the hardest time picking out fabric - again. While I tend to go for more modern fabrics, I wanted this chair to be timeless, but something still cool, and honor the style of the chair. In the end, I went with a color that I will always love (greens and brown), had a Hawaiian significance (it looks like the seaweed limu!), will hopefully not go out of style - and is a patterm and color which my grandfather might approve.
My rabbit, Mr. Owen Fluoride's nesting habit had taken a toll on the already ailing chair - but I knew that it would be returned to its glory when I met the right upholsterer. So, while it's true that you can never truly go home again - you can get the chair in the corner reupholstered. To see the final, go here....Grandpa's wingback!