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Fabric on Wood, Part 2 Finish up your well-dressed furniture. From "B. Original" episode DBOR-133

Michele Beschen continues to B. Original with hip home furnishings, finishing up her transformation of a dumpster-ready dresser into a fabulous, fabric-covered piece of furniture. In Part 1, she showed how to apply fabric to wood furniture to give it a whole new look; in this part, she will trim out the piece for a professional look.

Scroll down for the rest of Michele Beschen's fun furniture how-to.

Finish taking this dresser from "dumpster-ready..."

To divine!

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Figure A

Fabric on Wood, Part 2

Note: Use a good-quality fabric glue to adhere all trim pieces.

• Finish off the edges of the dresser with a ribbon trim in the same color scheme as the fabric, mitering the corners for a finished look (figure A).

• Use ribbon also to trim out the seams in the furniture.

• Snip small holes where drawer pulls will be reinstalled (figure B). Use fabric glue to give the fabric a stronger bond to the furniture around those holes (figure C).
  

  Figure B

  Figure C

  
  

  Figure D

• Smooth down all edges while the glue is still wet.

• You also can use a small-gauge wood trim to trim out the fabric panels (figure D).

• Spray the entire piece with Scotch Guard or a similar fabric treatment to protect the piece and make cleaning easier.