Ive received many messages asking for this next tutorial, so no more need to pass by these chairs.
Im going to show you how to get the back of this style chair upholstered.
We are going to start at the point after all the stripping and frame is already refinished.
I use a hand held, arm powered stapler with 1/4" staples.
I do have an electric stapler but because of the safety feature
it will not work with the tight ledge of this chair.
Here is a close up of the frame profile.
You can even see where the old staples were.
Start by shooting 3 staple in the top edge to start securing your fabric.
Figure out the best angle for your stapler to be used with your chair.
Here is a close up of where the staples are actually going into the frame.
The next place to attach your fabric is directly opposite of your first three staples,
down on the bottom edge.
Then across from each other.
Hold your fabric taught each time you shoot every staple in.
Once you have your 4 points of contact, simply go around attaching your fabric
with staples ever inch, continue to pull the fabric taught.
Once you are finished stapling, trim your fabric to 1/2 inch excess, I use small scissors cause
they are easier to work with in close corners.
Tip and turn your chair so everything you are doing is comfortable for your hands.
Make sure to pick a good work surface, I use my bed every time.
This overhang of fabric will simply be folded in and hidden inside of STEP II
You can bounce a coin off the fabric like a drum if done well.
Step II Filler and Front Fabric:
http://blogspot.ca/2013/06/how-to-upholster-open-chair-back-step-ii.html
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I TURNED SPIDERMAN SHABBY CHIC bathroom cabinet
Kamis, 12 Mei 2016
Id like to take a moment out of your day to impress upon you the extent of
damage there was on this piece of furniture.
What was I thinking?
better yet ...
What were they thinking?
Who doesnt love Spiderman?
Both sides of the cabinet looked like this.
Inside the drawer were clothing tags glued down.
You do realize the child that owned this could now be grown up and one of our premier designers!
Im betting not but you just never know.
See the writing and all the ink stains, some of it was three dimensional and glittery.
I do get distracted by shiny things, maybe it was the glitter pen that first attracted me,
or maybe for Halloween this year George should dress as Spiderman.
Eventually I got it cleaned up and repainted.
Thats when the transformation into something new and exciting really started.
I took an old kitchen cabinet door and cut it to fit the bottom opening.
Next I used some more kitchen doors to build into a tower.
I topped the tower with this wooden wall hook thingy that I picked up on one of our
THRIFT SHOP HOPS
For the back I used tongue and groove bead board bought at a yard sale.
Then the last few details were added ... 
A piece of ornate metal work from a trellis and some glass hardware for the
cupboard and drawer.
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She is now the most attractive bathroom storage cabinet in the land,
and will be on her way home within the next few days.
Cause someone has already claimed her.
I have a feeling I might have to do a few more of these storage towers.
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I love my guitar
Sabtu, 07 Mei 2016
Like a lot of people, I love music! My favorite music is country, and Merle Haggard is my favorite artist. He sings about the hard times in his life and his songs really have meaning too them.
I started playing guitar when I was about 14 and I enjoyed it then but I really wasnt very good. I have never taken lessons but I have had a few people show me a few things here and there, but most of what I have learned has been from the internet, what a great resource.
I love playing my resonator, and it is sitting beside my computer in its stand as I type. I pic it up a few times nearly every day and play for a little while. I have certainly progressed since first days playing and I think I have above average skills.
I enjoy singing too, a karaoke bar is a great place to laugha and have fun. I mostly like to sing and play to myself in my room when no one is around. I will play for freinds and family but not if I am pressured or bragged about to much. I am definately nothing to bragg about so when people do (mostly my mother) it makes me uncomfortable and I think people are expecting more than I have to offer.
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I started playing guitar when I was about 14 and I enjoyed it then but I really wasnt very good. I have never taken lessons but I have had a few people show me a few things here and there, but most of what I have learned has been from the internet, what a great resource.
I love playing my resonator, and it is sitting beside my computer in its stand as I type. I pic it up a few times nearly every day and play for a little while. I have certainly progressed since first days playing and I think I have above average skills.
I enjoy singing too, a karaoke bar is a great place to laugha and have fun. I mostly like to sing and play to myself in my room when no one is around. I will play for freinds and family but not if I am pressured or bragged about to much. I am definately nothing to bragg about so when people do (mostly my mother) it makes me uncomfortable and I think people are expecting more than I have to offer.
I HACKED THE HEMNES SECRETARY DESK
Im not sure what constitutes an official Ikea Hack but check out what I did to
an Ikea Hemnes Secretary Desk.
Below to the left is what an original Hemnes Secretary Desk looks like (older model)
On the right is how it looks after I replacing the legs with curvy dining table legs.
BEFORE AFTER
The Hemnes Secretary Desk is all pine wood and the top portion is all complete and can be
separated from the bottom by undoing eight "L" brackets.
That will leave you with a simple base frame to work with. You can see each of the
brackets sitting at the top edge on the inside of the frame.
These metal corner brackets are original and held the straight leg in place. I moved them
down to line up with the threaded rod of the replacement leg. 
I then reattached the top to the base and painted it in a creamy distressed white.
There is a bankers chair that goes with the desk. It is a modern oak chair with a really
high lift that works perfectly with the desk. I cut out areas for the chair arms to tuck right
under the desk when its not being used. 
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This IKEA Hacked secretary desk with bankers chair is listed on the SHOWROOM page with
price and dimensions.
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Why I train with free weights
Selasa, 19 April 2016
I excersize alot but I am not a memeber of a gym or anything like that. I dont want to have to spend the money on a gym membership when I can get a better workout at home.
My older sister has moved out of the house and I now have the upstairs to myself. I have turned her old bedroom into my excersize room, how great! My personal gym consists of; 7 dumbells (2 45lbs, 2 35lbs, 2 10lbs, 1 40lbs), a basic weightbench that can be adjusted to various inclines, a balance ball (the big beachball thing), a pull-up bar that hangs in the door-frame, and an eliptical machine. Other than the eliptical, everything is pretty cheap. The only reason I have the eliptical is because my mother wanted to start excersizing so she bought the eliptical but NEVER even go on it, so I have it now.
With this meager bit of equipment, I think I get a great workout.
Freeweights (dumbells) give you a better workout than the gyms fancy excersize machines. The machines kind of "assist" you in the movements, the guide and balanace the weight. With free weights however, your muscles have to work harder to balance and steady the weight which gives you a much better workout and builds a wider variety of muscles. With machines, specific muscles are targeted rather than a large number of different muscles.
So, if you want to start working out without having to spend much money, then dumbells are definately the way to go!
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My older sister has moved out of the house and I now have the upstairs to myself. I have turned her old bedroom into my excersize room, how great! My personal gym consists of; 7 dumbells (2 45lbs, 2 35lbs, 2 10lbs, 1 40lbs), a basic weightbench that can be adjusted to various inclines, a balance ball (the big beachball thing), a pull-up bar that hangs in the door-frame, and an eliptical machine. Other than the eliptical, everything is pretty cheap. The only reason I have the eliptical is because my mother wanted to start excersizing so she bought the eliptical but NEVER even go on it, so I have it now.
With this meager bit of equipment, I think I get a great workout.
Freeweights (dumbells) give you a better workout than the gyms fancy excersize machines. The machines kind of "assist" you in the movements, the guide and balanace the weight. With free weights however, your muscles have to work harder to balance and steady the weight which gives you a much better workout and builds a wider variety of muscles. With machines, specific muscles are targeted rather than a large number of different muscles.
So, if you want to start working out without having to spend much money, then dumbells are definately the way to go!
I love the water!
Senin, 14 Maret 2016
Water is big part of my life, from sailing to freediving to drinking it every day.
I became a certified SCUBA diver about two years ago and it has been a great hobby. My dive buddies and I have dove in the Gulf of Mexico many times in about 80 of water. We have seen alot of really neat things that most people never have to opportunity to see in person. One time we saw a live shark! It was swimming around are boat as we were preparing to dive the wreck we were anchored at. One of my friends spotted the shark and I immediately dawned my mask and dove in to get a closer look. It wasnt a large shark, probably 3-4 feet but it was still a shark.
A little over a year ago I bought a 29 sailboat that stays in the water in the Panama City, Florida. During the summer you can find me down there nearly every weekend enjoying the wind and water life. On the boat, SCUBA gear can be awkward so I have taken up freediving.
The freediving I do is pretty much snorkeling, but I train so that I can hold my breathe longer than a normal person underwater. I also have a pair of large fins tat are for freediving and allow you to propel yourself underwater with a lot more power than a pair of smaller "normal" fins.
The water is great and I cant wait until warmer weather comes so I can jump in!
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I became a certified SCUBA diver about two years ago and it has been a great hobby. My dive buddies and I have dove in the Gulf of Mexico many times in about 80 of water. We have seen alot of really neat things that most people never have to opportunity to see in person. One time we saw a live shark! It was swimming around are boat as we were preparing to dive the wreck we were anchored at. One of my friends spotted the shark and I immediately dawned my mask and dove in to get a closer look. It wasnt a large shark, probably 3-4 feet but it was still a shark.
A little over a year ago I bought a 29 sailboat that stays in the water in the Panama City, Florida. During the summer you can find me down there nearly every weekend enjoying the wind and water life. On the boat, SCUBA gear can be awkward so I have taken up freediving.
The freediving I do is pretty much snorkeling, but I train so that I can hold my breathe longer than a normal person underwater. I also have a pair of large fins tat are for freediving and allow you to propel yourself underwater with a lot more power than a pair of smaller "normal" fins.
The water is great and I cant wait until warmer weather comes so I can jump in!
How I am making money online
Sabtu, 12 Maret 2016
In October of 2008 I created my first real (non-free) website, Sailing and Such. My intentions were to help other sailors and information that I had been looking hard for, easier to find. Mainly, this information was about sailboat project, sailboat maintenance and anything to do with sailboat work.
Once I created the website, people started visiting and complimenting the site and saying what a great idea it was to have a lot ofthat kind of information in one place. I really enjoyed the comments and they made me work harder and make the website larger and larger.
Then, I started reading up on making money online and I registered for Google Adsense which was a great decision. I wasnt getting alot of traffic to my website so I really havnt made all that much money in the first three months but its a start. Making any money online is a great thing to me and the website is something I do not have to actually "do" to make money, it just does it on its own.
Now, I am venturing into something called PayPerPost where I plan to post articles on my blogs about certain products and stuff, and get paid for it. We will see how it works!
My dream is create a steady income online so that I can someday live on sailboat and cruise wherever it is warm!
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Once I created the website, people started visiting and complimenting the site and saying what a great idea it was to have a lot ofthat kind of information in one place. I really enjoyed the comments and they made me work harder and make the website larger and larger.
Then, I started reading up on making money online and I registered for Google Adsense which was a great decision. I wasnt getting alot of traffic to my website so I really havnt made all that much money in the first three months but its a start. Making any money online is a great thing to me and the website is something I do not have to actually "do" to make money, it just does it on its own.
Now, I am venturing into something called PayPerPost where I plan to post articles on my blogs about certain products and stuff, and get paid for it. We will see how it works!
My dream is create a steady income online so that I can someday live on sailboat and cruise wherever it is warm!
I ordered a new table saw!
Kamis, 10 Maret 2016
Great news! I have ordered a new table saw and it should be arriving some time tomorrow, I cant wait, its like Christmas.....
I ordered a professional grade cabinet saw, the Grizzly 1023SL. I have been wanting a new table saw for quite some time now but I have been putting it off due to a couple reasons (the leaking roof which isnt perfectly fixed but it is much better than it was, and lack of funds for a new toy), but I decided that it was time to jump.
Deciding what table saw to purchase was definitely a tough decision, but it was fun researching and learning so much about different table saw on the market. When I first looked at table saws I was looking at something in the $600-$900 range. I was liking the contractor saws that I was finding on the Rockler website, they were the only ones that fit in my budget and that was the only place I really knew to look for saws.
So I decided on a saw but then I couldnt decide which fence I wanted with it since there were three different options, the best which was about $300 dollars more than the basic fence. I decided to join a woodworking forum and ask people who actually knew what they were talking about. So that is when I found Lumberjocks.com, and I am glad I did as the community was most helpful.
I asked my question and people started chiming in with suggestions. A few people said that I should skip the contractor saw and just go with a professional grade cabinet saw for $200 more than $900 contractors saw that I was eyeing. The saw that was suggested was the Grizzly 1023SL. After reading countless reviews and asking more and more questions on the forum I realized that all of the experienced folks at Lumberjocks knew what they were talking about so I decided to fork out a bit more money and get the full blown cabinet saw.
I think I will glad that I choose the cabinet saw over the contractor saw because the price wasnt an extreme difference but the quality of the saw should be a big difference. Looks like we will see tomorrow!
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I ordered a professional grade cabinet saw, the Grizzly 1023SL. I have been wanting a new table saw for quite some time now but I have been putting it off due to a couple reasons (the leaking roof which isnt perfectly fixed but it is much better than it was, and lack of funds for a new toy), but I decided that it was time to jump. Deciding what table saw to purchase was definitely a tough decision, but it was fun researching and learning so much about different table saw on the market. When I first looked at table saws I was looking at something in the $600-$900 range. I was liking the contractor saws that I was finding on the Rockler website, they were the only ones that fit in my budget and that was the only place I really knew to look for saws.
So I decided on a saw but then I couldnt decide which fence I wanted with it since there were three different options, the best which was about $300 dollars more than the basic fence. I decided to join a woodworking forum and ask people who actually knew what they were talking about. So that is when I found Lumberjocks.com, and I am glad I did as the community was most helpful.
I asked my question and people started chiming in with suggestions. A few people said that I should skip the contractor saw and just go with a professional grade cabinet saw for $200 more than $900 contractors saw that I was eyeing. The saw that was suggested was the Grizzly 1023SL. After reading countless reviews and asking more and more questions on the forum I realized that all of the experienced folks at Lumberjocks knew what they were talking about so I decided to fork out a bit more money and get the full blown cabinet saw.
I think I will glad that I choose the cabinet saw over the contractor saw because the price wasnt an extreme difference but the quality of the saw should be a big difference. Looks like we will see tomorrow!
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