I found a pair of Johannes Andersen chairs in the trash more than 10 years ago. One of two was damaged beyond repair and went back to the curb. The other has traveled with me through half a dozen other apartments since then.
Shortly after getting the chair, I stripped off several layers of bad reupholstery jobs (a stained and nubby mauve, a plastic floral) until I came to this citrus-y pleather. It was 2005 and it seemed charming at the time, so I let it slide. As we’ve arduously repainted room after room of noxious yellow in the new house, I decided it was time the chair finally got a facelift.
We found a role of salvaged naugahyde recently that fit the bill. With all of the chaos of the deli lately, it was refreshing to have an afternoon project that we could tear through within the hour.
Meanwhile, Fritz got started on our next upholstery project — a tufted bench.