Is This Too Weird For Colors?

[DoubleC]

Some of you already know a friend of mine was diagnosed with a brain tumor yesterday. Some where around 3 AM I went to the basement to get a behemoth of a chair he gave me. I wanted the chair, it's a really cool antique, but I wanted to get another carpet out of here, etc. before I upholstered the seat. I honestly don't know how I got that sucker up two flights of steps but it's here. All I have to upholster it with is the pebbly gray crap, and I wanted to dye it black since we've all had so much fun with that color. But I thought it would make it look like that fake stuff from the 70-80s, even though it would really have made the black in the toile fabric pop. Really I wanted to do it in red but i also have an antique settee down there I'm going to upholster in my red and black Navajo saddle blanket. I had the long wall in there painted red, and the rest of the room is yellow. It seemed like it was going to be getting pretty 'red' in there. So I took this dk. cocoa brown I was dumb enough to pay good money for, and put it on first, and then a coat of yellow but it's just not doing it for me. Any suggestions? I want it done when he comes home from the hospital.

[DoubleC]

  On 2/17/2012 at 10:05 PM, DoubleC said:

Some of you already know a friend of mine was diagnosed with a brain tumor yesterday. Some where around 3 AM I went to the basement to get a behemoth of a chair he gave me. I wanted the chair, it's a really cool antique, but I wanted to get another carpet out of here, etc. before I upholstered the seat. I honestly don't know how I got that sucker up two flights of steps but it's here. All I have to upholster it with is the pebbly gray crap, and I wanted to dye it black since we've all had so much fun with that color. But I thought it would make it look like that fake stuff from the 70-80s, even though it would really have made the black in the toile fabric pop. Really I wanted to do it in red but i also have an antique settee down there I'm going to upholster in my red and black Navajo saddle blanket. I had the long wall in there painted red, and the rest of the room is yellow. It seemed like it was going to be getting pretty 'red' in there. So I took this dk. cocoa brown I was dumb enough to pay good money for, and put it on first, and then a coat of yellow but it's just not doing it for me. Any suggestions? I want it done when he comes home from the hospital.

I haven't looked and maybe there's an upholstery forum on here. I knew this wasn't exactly the right place but now after some sleep I really am ready for some suggestions, I'll put black on too and see if you think it looks fake, I didn't actually try it, just thought it would.

[DoubleC]

  On 2/18/2012 at 12:50 PM, DoubleC said:

I haven't looked and maybe there's an upholstery forum on here. I knew this wasn't exactly the right place but now after some sleep I really am ready for some suggestions, I'll put black on too and see if you think it looks fake, I didn't actually try it, just thought it would.

I changed this to a poll, someone please help because I'm starting in a little while. Of course lots of prep work to do before you start adding the new.

Edited February 18, 2012 by DoubleC

[Sylvia]

  On 2/18/2012 at 6:56 PM, DoubleC said:

I changed this to a poll, someone please help because I'm starting in a little while. Of course lots of prep work to do before you start adding the new.

Chocolate brown, Burgundy, or Cordovan are the colors I would choose from. However, your red and yellow walls may not look good with Burgundy or Cordovan.... so your best choice because it's more neutral is a chocolate brown.

You really should have this chair appraised before you do much to it. It looks pretty substantial it might be worth a quarter million dollars and it would suck to find out you would only get $200 because you did something to it.

[DoubleC]

  On 2/18/2012 at 7:13 PM, Sylvia said:

Chocolate brown, Burgundy, or Cordovan are the colors I would choose from. However, your red and yellow walls may not look good with Burgundy or Cordovan.... so your best choice because it's more neutral is a chocolate brown.

You really should have this chair appraised before you do much to it. It looks pretty substantial it might be worth a quarter million dollars and it would suck to find out you would only get $200 because you did something to it.

Substantial? Uh, took me an hour to get it up two flights of steps on my own, and I wouldn't have been able if I hadn't had all that adrenalin still flowing from finding out about Charlie.

  On 2/18/2012 at 7:13 PM, Sylvia said:

Chocolate brown, Burgundy, or Cordovan are the colors I would choose from. However, your red and yellow walls may not look good with Burgundy or Cordovan.... so your best choice because it's more neutral is a chocolate brown.

You really should have this chair appraised before you do much to it. It looks pretty substantial it might be worth a quarter million dollars and it would suck to find out you would only get $200 because you did something to it.

ROFL, I forgot to tell you....I changed my mind again, I'm reversing the antique settee idea and chair.

Edited February 18, 2012 by DoubleC

[Art]

Isn't that the 1/2 million antique blanket from the Antiques Road Show?

Art

  On 2/18/2012 at 8:03 PM, DoubleC said:

ROFL, I forgot to tell you....I changed my mind again, I'm reversing the antique settee idea and chair.

[DoubleC]

  On 2/18/2012 at 8:12 PM, Art said:

Isn't that the 1/2 million antique blanket from the Antiques Road Show?

Art

Seriously Art, the chair is still stuffed with horsehair, and is all hand made. I'm thinking over what Sylvia said While I work on something else. Because that could be the original material. Very commonly used in the 1800s and earlier. I think it was made in the USA because by the 1800s in England they had factories making furniture. But on this, I noticed two of the carve marks on the leaves aren't identical and two of the eyes on the one arm lion aren't either.

I wish I had an antique Navajo blanket. I'm kinda into old crap, LOL

[Sylvia]

  On 2/18/2012 at 8:36 PM, DoubleC said:

Seriously Art, the chair is still stuffed with horsehair, and is all hand made. I'm thinking over what Sylvia said While I work on something else. Because that could be the original material. Very commonly used in the 1800s and earlier. I think it was made in the USA because by the 1800s in England they had factories making furniture. But on this, I noticed two of the carve marks on the leaves aren't identical and two of the eyes on the one arm lion aren't either.

I wish I had an antique Navajo blanket. I'm kinda into old crap, LOL

Watch out Antiques Road Show..... here come Cheryl.

BTW... Have you ever upholstered with stripes before? If not, I would avoid stripes. I've had experience with upholstering with striped material. What a PITA. Never again.

[DoubleC]

  On 2/18/2012 at 8:50 PM, Sylvia said:

Watch out Antiques Road Show..... here come Cheryl.

BTW... Have you ever upholstered with stripes before? If not, I would avoid stripes. I've had experience with upholstering with striped material. What a PITA. Never again.

I don't think I'm going to upholster it. I think I'll just put the batting down, and the blanket folded on it until I actually can get it appraised. I would never sell Charlie's chair but I don't want to ruin it either although they consider upholstery a lesser evil than say, refinishing the wood. That's gonna be my stitching pony chair when I get one, LOL