Hey, I just cover 'em!

[sofadoc]

I don't pick the fabrics, I just put 'em on.




All 3 of these are all for the same customer (going in the same room). The striped one really coordinates well with the others, don't you think?

When a customer asks my opinion, I say "If you like it.....I love it!!"

[jojo]

Hilarious!

[needles eye]

From the Latin -

"there is no disputing about tastes" .......

[Mojo]

O M G ..................

Seriously ????

( Face Palm ).......... It takes all kinds.  :)

Chris

[gene]

I saw Timothy Leary give a lecture years ago. He was actually able to speak more clearly and more lucidly after he finished his first 5th of whiskey (drinking whilst he talked) than before.

I bet that furniture belongs to one of his faithful followers.

gene

[Ageorge]

Wow!! To each his own..

Hey how do you get those front cardboard things on the arms-like on the wing chair (sorry I don't know the techincal term) on and look so good? I've tried everythiing and have a couch to put them on now. It's super thin cotton fabric and I think it will create a hole if I nail it on the way I've done in the past with a more open weave fabric. I always struggle with those!

[sofadoc]

Hey how do you get those front cardboard things on the arms-like on the wing chair (sorry I don't know the techincal term) on and look so good? I've tried everythiing and have a couch to put them on now. It's super thin cotton fabric and I think it will create a hole if I nail it on the way I've done in the past with a more open weave fabric.

With that particular fabric, I could've hidden a railroad spike ;D.
I simply call them "Front arm panels". Like you said, with an open weave, you can drive a brad nail right through the front (I use an 18 ga. finish nail gun) . But with a tight weave (or otherwise delicate fabric), I either try to re-use the old panel that had a built-in nail(s) on the back, or I make a new one with any kind of thin panel board.

[gene]

There have been times when I was able to hot melt glue the front arm panels. I staple any loose fabric down that will be under the front arm panels and I make sure the fabric and welt cord if any is stapled the same way to the back of the front arm panels. I also try to get as much of the back of the front arm panel material up against bare wood.

gene

[sofadoc]

There have been times when I was able to hot melt glue the front arm panels.

Hot glue is the greatest thing since duct tape. ;)
It comes in handy in a lot of places. Like when your metal nailstrip is 6" too short, or a pleat is trying to come unfolded. Or reinforcing an enlarged/ravelled button hole.
And holding a panel down, like Gene says.

I got in a channel back chair recently. The previous upholsterer had hot glued the new fabric right over the old fabric (down in the channels). It actually looked pretty good.