1954 Vintage Chair - Rehabilitated

I like to take old ordinary things and give them new life.

I found this old chair at an antique shop in downtown Phoenix, originally built in 1954, it's obviously been very used. It took quite a few hours to complete this guy, mostly sanding all the previous paint and crud off. I stained it with an ebony stain, replaced the cushion fabric and spray painted the metal plates on the feet, that were gold, silver.

I reupholstered a chair like ten years ago, all I had then was a staple gun, I have since acquired a few more tools and skillz. Here are some of the tools I had for this project...