Update a favourite chair

Country Living online 17.06.2008

Add a cushion to that favourite old chair

Wooden rocking chair with a blur and white cushion Spruce up a much-loved, wooden-framed chair with smart striped seat cushions. Secure the pads in place at the corners with toning plain fabric ties held in position with large vintage buttons.

Wegner Wishbone rocking chair, £975, Foal Yard. Seat pads in 2-inch furniture- grade foam, from £15/sq m, Pentonville Rubber; covered in Goodwood Stripe cotton (J423F-02 Blue), £32/m, Jane Churchill. Corner ties and cushion in Lamorna Linen (F1650/27), £50/m, Osborne & Little; buttons, 50p each, Cloth House. Bound wool Arran Shell (WA100) rug with bound edges in Cotton Herringbone cream (C9), £549, Crucial Trading. Willow chest, £85, Store. Vintage patchwork throw, £85, Jen Jones. Vase, £10.50, The Blue Door. Flowers, from a selection, Paula Pryke at Liberty. White ceramics, from £8 each, Alice Harwood. Frame, £7, Habitat; painted in Pointing water- based eggshell, £36.50/2.5 litres, Farrow & Ball. Card, from a selection, The Royal Academy. Vintage laundry basket, £50, Decorative Living. Antique Welsh blanket, £85, Jen Jones