August is not my favorite month. But since it is miserably hot, it is a good time for taking on a miserable project or two.
We had a small upholstered chair with worn-out fabric, sagging webbing, and, as I found when I started tearing into it, foam padding that was turning into powder. Over the course of a week or two, I stripped it all the way down to the frame, and then dismantled the frame.
It was messy work, what with the dust and powdered foam. Also, de-upholstering involves dealing with large numbers of pointy little staples and nails and screws, most of which are difficult to remove.
In the end, what I am keeping from the chair is a small pile of fabric, a small pile of rough-sawn hardwood from the frame, and a few screws. Also, I am keeping the legs. I try to bring things into my house that are made of good materials, ones that I can re-use later.
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