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| Stool After |
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| Stool Before |
This little stool had come to me with a very worn vinyl top. The center bracket was pushed in so far you could see the staples that were attached to the cardboard that held it in place. Once I removed all the tacks surrounding the seat's top, I was able to take the entire seat off and work on it. I immediately saw what the problem was with the original structure of the seat.
The foam was only on one side of the top, held on by thick cardboard that had cracked, allowing the breakdown of the foam, which led to the destruction of the seat itself. I didn't do it that way. I put foam on each side of the center bracket and secured it with new webbing. Once I had the center filled in, I added a layer of foam on the top which gave it a nice crown. It will not collapse again as the webbing will hold the entire thing in place for a very long time. I used bronze tacks to finish off the top and gave the chair a touch-up on the worn legs. It was much more functional once I had repaired it and looked a whole lot better.
