How To Reupholster A Chair
Written by Cayla Bindon
Many people are scared of completing a diy re-upholstery job, but with a few guidelines and confidence anyone can complete this project.If you are still unsure on how it will turn out and are worried that you are going to mess it up then start with a chair that is not the center or attention in your home. Once you complete one chair you will have the confidence to do any chair in your home, or someone else's. To do this diy project I had rounded up the supplies I needed:
- Fabric (enough to cover 2 dining room seats)
- Hot Glue Gun (or Heavy Duty Stapler)
- Batting
- Drill
- Succors
- Both chairs I planned to recover.
These are the steps I took to re-upholster 2 dining room chairs:
I used the drill to remove the 4 screws that connected the seat to the frame.
- Once you have seat separate from the frame of the chair, cut out the batting and fabric to size. (Make sure you have a few inches on all sides to be able to glue or staple the fabric to the chair).
- Place the seat top down on to the batting. Start on one side with your hot glue gun (or heavy duty stapler) and glue down the fabric.
- Make sure to pull the batting as tight as you can, then (glue or staple). Go inch by inch, pulling then gluing (stapling), pulling then gluing (stapling). Continue this on all 4 sides of the seat until all fabric is glued (stapled) down and pulled tight.
- Now, repeat the same process with the fabric. Lay the fabric face down and lay the seat face down on top. Repeat step 4 until the fabric is glued (stapled) and tight on all four sides.
- Now that the seats are re-upholstered, you need to secure the seat back to the frame. I screwed the 4 screws back to the frame and my chairs were complete.
This re-upholstery project cost me nothing. I had all the materials on hand. If you do not have the materials, this can still be an easy cheap project. You would need enough batting and fabric to fit around the seat and have a hot glue gun or staple gun to complete this simple re-upholstery project.
Check out Caylascorner.com to see a step by step process as well as other decorating ideas.
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