Buen d铆a para todos馃槝
Good morning to all馃槝
I am going to tell you how I improved the presence of the rocking chair in my house. At home we have a very old rocking chair, it is part of the family, it is one of those household objects that often appears in photos馃榿.
Esta mecedora vino de un lugar que queda a unas 21 horas de viaje en auto hasta donde vivo, es de esos muebles que hacen de forma artesanal, de madera de Cuj铆 y de un tejido muy resistente, que puede durar much铆sismosa帽os.
This rocking chair came from a place that is about 21 hours away by car from where I live. It is one of those pieces of furniture that are handcrafted, made of Cuj铆 wood and a very resistant fabric that can last for many years
Les mostrar茅 la mecedora en una de mis fotos preferidas, all铆 est谩n parte de mi familia.
I will show you the rocking chair in one of my favorite photos, there are part of my family there.
Debo confesar que ha sido pintada en varias ocasiones. En una oportunidad me vio obligada a lijarla, yo soy sincera lucho mucho para que se me den los trabajos manuales, pero eso de lijar madera creo que es para personas con fuerza, ni con la lijadora pude aclararla completamente, y por eso la he pintada ya como tres veces con colores rojos oscuros.
I must confess that it has been painted several times. On one occasion I was forced to sand it, I am sincere, I struggle a lot to be given the manual labor, but I think that sanding wood is for people with strength, even with the sander I could not clear it completely, and so I have painted it three times with dark red colors.
La mecedora ha pasado por mucho, pero he procurado que se mantenga en pie, y hab铆a sido as铆 hasta ahora, sobre todo con el tejido, s贸lo le limpiaba sin humedecer para que durase m谩s tiempo, pero un buen d铆a lleg贸 un nuevo miembro a la familia.
The rocking chair has been through a lot, but I've tried to keep it upright, and it had been up until now, especially with the fabric, I just cleaned it without wetting it to make it last longer, but one fine day a new member arrived in the family.
Si, lo que est谩n imaginando sucedi贸, creci贸 nuestra nueva mascota y con ella sus garritas y sus ganas de jorungar, ara帽ar y guindarse en por todas partes.
Yes, what you are imagining happened, our new pet grew up and with it his little paws and his desire to scratch and claw everywhere.
Y los resultados de tanta adrenalina, ya se los muestro:
And the results of so much adrenaline, I'll show you:
Al ver la silla deteriorada y no conocer ninguna persona que pudiera reparar el tejido, el cual hab铆a querido terminar de quitar porque me parece que se ve muy mal la mecedora, tuve que decidir hacerle algo, cosa de que luciera mejor sin quitarle su tejido, y bien puse como siempre manos a la obra...
Seeing the chair deteriorated and not knowing anyone who could repair the fabric, which I had wanted to finish removing because I think the rocking chair looks very bad, I had to decide to do something to it, something that would look better without removing the fabric, and so I got down to work as always...
Busqu茅 una tela que hiciera juego con el estilo de la silla y eso fue una lona estampada color hueso con letras negras, botones beige de tama帽o mediano, tom茅 las medidas y a trabajar.
I looked for a fabric that would match the style of the chair and that was an off-white printed canvas with black lettering, medium sized beige buttons, took the measurements and went to work.
Cort茅 tela, cos铆, pequ茅 botones e hice las tiras con sus ojales.
I cut fabric, sewed, sewed buttons and made the strips with their eyelets.
Y listo, vean los resultados, se que no es el mejor forro, pero fue la soluci贸n para que la vieja mecedora de cuj铆, no luciera tan mal.
I know it's not the best lining, but it was the solution to make the old cuji rocking chair look not so bad.
Esta es la parte de atr谩s.
This is the back side.
Y as铆 luce por delante.
And it looks like this from the front.
Si, se lo que est谩n pensando, falta el asiento, all铆 le har茅 un coj铆n, y cuando est茅 listo se los mostrar茅.馃槈
Yes, I know what you are thinking, the seat is missing, there I will make a cushion for it, and when it is ready I will show you.馃槈
All the images were taken by me, and the thank you poster was made by me in Canva