Chair Repair: A Dog Story

 

This is a story about a dog… and my favorite chair.

It’s about a recliner that doesn’t scream “recliner”. No Archie Bunker or Martin Crane (complete with duct tape) kind of recliner, but a very stylish one.  Bought it at the Lane Furniture store, I got to pick out the fabric and everything! Matches my sofa perfectly… can you tell I really like this chair?

What? You see nothing wrong with this chair? That’s called trick photography. Or hiding the flaws. Yesterday, for my pillow parade post I told the world that we do not have many pretty pillows around here…now let me show you why….

  Need a closer look?

NICE huh? It’s a good thing that I love this doggie so much! You see, one day when I came home from being gone for a few hours I could see through the pass-through window from my kitchen to family room, my favorite chair was out in the middle of the floor. I was afraid to move any further into the room. I could only imagine why my chair had been dragged to where it was…

My insanely cute puppy had dragged this chair about 5 feet away from where it originally sat in my family room. I guess he was bored.

I was trying not to laugh at the thought of what he had done, and trying not to cry at the same time. He was so happy to see me when I got home, that I had a very hard time fussing at him! What are you gonna do? He was so happy to see me. No complaining, no whining about his day, no fussing about the cats, didn’t ask for food or anything. Just happy that I was home.

So I pushed the chair back, called my husband and gave him the news…and guess what? He laughed too! I’m telling you the thought of this puppy dragging our chair across the room blew us away with laughter!

Let me just add that if your dog ever actually EATS the foam on your furniture to keep him outside for a few hours afterwards…

I had to figure out a way to repair my chair…

Did you know that the extra piece of fabric that comes with furniture is really not meant for a headrest, it is there in case your dog eats your chair!

 

So I got out my handy staple gun, scissors, and thick foam and fixed it.

 

Uh huh……….. Cisco tried to help. He really likes foam!

I stuffed in more foam to cover the wood, yes, he chewed down to the wood… I stapled it in place…

Then folded the extra headrest fabric to align the pattern, stapled to the back of the wood, stitched it together, and now it’s back to normal. Let’s see how long it lasts!

  There! All prettied up again. 

And…for those of you who checked out the pillow parade yesterday, here is one I forgot. My mother gave it to me.

I hope this inspires you all who have chewed up furniture to attempt to mend it back to beautiful. Oh, and email me pictures if you do!

 

Hope you all have a great Wednesday.

Ruff Ruff (that’s from the dog)

~Misti and Cisco