Back home again.  Betty's chair now has a new, comfy seat cushion of a feather/poly/down casing with a high density foam core.  Its been a pleasure bringing this wonderful chair back to life.  

Betty's chair is coming right along.  We reused the original horse hair padding and added to that, a very firm high density foam for the arm rest and new cotton batting overall.  The best of old and new.

Then of course the fabric, matching the pattern both horizontally and vertically. So we're in good shape for tomorrow when we'll close up the sides, back and hopefully get started on the seat cushion.  Getting close!

Monday; the deck is on and the reconstruction of the arms is complete. 

Seat and back springs are now retied and ready for new padding. This is an 8 way tie on the seat versus the 4way found in most new furniture.  This ensures a stable, long lasting foundation.

Both seat and back springs need to be retied.

Sometimes there are surprises when you remove the fabric.  In this case we knew we would be repairing and reglueing the frame.  Please scroll down to see the frame repair in progress.

Thought you might enjoy viewing the process of restoring Betty's chair.