Max was lounging on the newly upholstered chair. It’s the third chair W has reupholstered, and definitely better than the first two.
For the first years, Max treated our fabric lounge and dining chairs as oversized scratching posts. We never bothered much with covers or deterrent sprays since we already planned to reupholster soon. But later we realized it was so difficult to find the same fabric and color, W decided to learn upholstery himself.
It took us over a year to find the right fabric. We finally came across it in a thrift store while traveling in Quebec: burnt orange ramie, exactly what we had been searching for. We brought home the entire end-of-bolt roll, enough fabric to redo the whole set of chairs.
Now the chairs are no longer Max’s favorite scratching spot. These days, he prefers the baseboards.