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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sedona, post: 1889464, member: 4438&quot;]Looks lovely. Great save!</p><p><br /></p><p>I would also reupholster it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Me personally, I don’t like wicker/rush seats. We have a number of vintage chairs like that, and no one sits in them because they are uncomfortable. You don’t want this to be unused in a corner somewhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably my first antique chair find was an ornately carved chair that likely had been part of a dining set. The upholstery was nasty and one of the finials was broken off, but it was super inexpensive. The dealer was able to get a local craftsman to replicate the wood finial. When I has it reupholstered, I was doing my living room drapes at the same time, and fell in love with an exquisite fabric that I had wanted to use for my drapes. It was was crazy expensive, so I couldn’t afford it for the drapes. Because I needed just a couple of yards for the chair at most, I had the upholsterer use it for the chair (because labor cost is essentially the same, regardless of the fabric cost), and also make a nice pillow with the extra fabric.&nbsp; That way, I enjoy the chair twice as much, because now it’s comfortable to sit in, and I enjoy the fine fabric.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, to really give the chair some life, I suggest you pick a fabric that you’re absolutely in love with, and get some nice padding, so the chair will be loved again. Perhaps the needlepoint can be incorporated into a pillow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever you do, give us photos! I love before and after shots.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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