The Challenge Continues!
The time I usually devote to blogging has been consumed with my quest to finish the items on my 10 day challenge list. I am seeing more floor space in my garage as I continue to re-evaluate the fate of its contents.
Yesterday, I sought the services of a professional upholsterer to finish a setee that I had started re-upholstering about 4 years ago. It was in my basement and then moved to the garage when the basement was being remodeled. I got as far as the webbing and retying the springs. I partially tore a ligament in my thumb while tying the springs. Thankfully, it repaired itself with physical therapy. After that, I let it go for a while. When it came time for the foam padding, I wasn’t getting the results i wanted. So it sat in my garage, unfinished, all this time. Rather then continue to fool myself that I would finish it, i decided to have a professional finish it instead. I wrestled with not completing this DIY project but sometimes you just have to “get real” with yourself and realize you can’t always do it all. I was a little sad to see it carted off but I know it will get the professional attention it rightfully deserves. I am toying with the idea of having it just covered in muslin or a neutral canvas or duck cloth fabric and making my own slipcover for it so that I can change the look whenever I want.
Have you ever had a project that sat around unfiinished for a long time? How and when do you decide to throw in the towel and hand it over to a professional?
Well, I’m not a true diy’er as some of you are! So yes, many is the time I have just stopped a project and handed it over to someone else! Can’t believe you went back to this after tearing a ligament….And I do think the slipcover idea is great: nice to be able to change the look!
Thanks for your comment on the settee slipcover. I am so impressed you tyed the springs. I just wasn’t able to get that on another chair I did. Like you, I realized that tying the springs should be left up to the professional.