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Since people are talking about fabric…
MM – I have some Danish modern chairs and the cushions could use new covers. The fabric doesn’t have to be cheap, but it shouldn’t be crazy expensive either.
Also, any recommendations on somebody who could sew new cushion covers?
Rob, the easiest thing to do is buy a cheap bedspread downtown at Conways or ABC on Fulton Street, and throw it over the chair, tucking it in deeply around the cushions. If the chair is small enough, and the bedspread big enough, and it has a seat cushion, cut off enough to wrap around the cushion so no raw ends are showing, like an envelope, and pin it on the underside with large safety pins. Turn under the raw edges of the spread, and put a few safety pins there, or staple it, or glue, so you have a clean edge, and no unravelling. If you are really ambitious, buy some Stitch Witchery iron on hem tape, and fuse a hem closed with an iron.
With the seat cushion off, drape the bedspread over the chair, tuck everthing in as deeply as possible and pop the seat cushion down, and you are good to go. Get something washable, preferably, so when the dogs go overboard, you can throw it in the washing machine.
As to where to get cheap fabrics, there are still one or two places on Bridge Street, across the street from Macy’s on Fulton Street. Near you in Soho, go to P and Son on Broadway near Franklin. They would also have the Stitch Witchery.
Hope that helps.
Congratulations, Montrose. And thanks for the nod, Cobblehiller.
Montrose actually made me a Brownstoner. In response to my first post about a building on my old block in Crown Heights, she asked me for comments about an adjacent property.
I’ve been hooked on this site ever since.
So, thanks, Montrose. And good luck. (Be sure that your fedora has a card sticking out of the band saying “PRESS.”)
NOP
Rob, I think it may be best to let the dog do his own reuphosltery. There is a second hand shop on Atlantic Avenue not far from Floyd’s that sells fabric remnants, near there is my upholsterer Gerard Theuns, who is the most g d expensive Belgian upholsterer in Brooklyn.
MM, Your column is going to be stellar – I just know it! [No pressure ; ) ]
Just remember, for the ‘swilling’ part…you have to keep a bottle of booze in one of the lower drawers of your new antique oak desk!
I think this is a really great thing!
Maybe NOP will write something, too?
oooooooooh montrose i thought about this weekend and was going to ask you this question earlier but i forgot. anyway my roommate and i want to get an old chair reupholstered. nothing fancy cuz it’s an old smelly chair that’s only used for the most part by my dog. are there places that do this kind of stuff inexpensively? also can one do it with some fabric and a staple gun? (tho i dont want a repeat of the fiasco the last time i used a staple gun)? what about fabric, where can i get that?
*rob*
Well, out all day looking for a fedora and a suitable antique oak desk for my new writing career. I already have a wonderful vintage Underwood typewriter that I found in the street on trash night. So, I’m ready to go. I’m extremely grateful to Mr. B. for asking me to do a column.
I’m excited about the column, and hope it meets expectations. It’s going to be a little info on a lot of things, as the weeks progress, all having something to do with Brooklyn’s architectural history, or specific details in historical buildings, different style, trends or otherwise cool things. As time goes by, and my time permitting, I’m going to visit places and topics from all over historic Brooklyn, so it won’t be limited to only what I am familiar with, but I am eager to share some of the treasures I’ve found in my own back yard, as it were.
The hardest part is distilling it all down to a couple of paragraphs. I’ll probably be swilling lots of distillation in order to edit myself. Nothing says something like pictures, so there will be plenty of those, too.
Thanks for all of the well wishes, even What wishes. I hope to prove worthy.
oh i think the crazy color skittles change color in your mouth when you suck on them. like they turn from yellow and blue and stuff.
*rob*
rob…its not what’s inside that matters. its the color on the OUTSIDE. A fine example of racism in and of itself.
I’m glad we didn’t disappoint the lurkers today now that we are on the subject of racism in the candy world.