Utah State Legislature Chairs {Part 1}

I bought 2 chairs from craigslist for $5.00 each.

They are solid wood frames with blue leather.  The leather was all cracked, and I'd been planning on reupholstering these from the beginning, but as I started stripping them, it was fun to find out where they came from.

Made in Bedford, Ohio. I wish there was a date to know when they were constructed.

I noticed these barcodes on them.  The seller mentioned they had 200 of these chairs, they obviously purchased from the Utah State Capitol.  It's been refinished recently, and a lot of things were auctioned off.

My chairs have metal assignments under the leg.  I thought these were pretty cool, showing they were used in the Utah State Legislature and each chair was assigned a row and seat.

But these were a pain to get naked.  So many tacks to pry out.

I decided I wouldn't be putting hundreds of tacks back in, so I am going to do a different edge finish with double welt instead.

Lots of nasty padding and disinegrated foam to throw away. 

I decided to keep the electric blue leather.  Something could be cool with all of that.

Maybe a future purse or kid shoes.

So more to come on these chairs...kind of nervous to attack real upholstery.