Kitchen Chair Upcycle – Summer 2017
1 Material
$20
4 Hours
Easy
What do I do when I’m stressed. Yep, something creative! This weekend I cleaned like a crazy person, including window seals and moving furniture…the whole nine yards. I also recovered my kitchen chairs.
I loved the striped fabric; however, it has seen better days and a good refresh was due. And besides, I am going through a bit of stress right now. I wish the photos were better and the colors were vibrant but both fabrics are actually very colorful. It’s funny or shall I say strange that the photos look great before I upload them to WordPress and once I do, the color seems to wash out. If you have tips for alleviating this, I would love to hear them. Okay back to the project.
If you follow my blog, you know we have been through this process before; however, I am going to give you the steps anyway just in case there are some newbies. Also, if you are a regular, I want to take you along for the journey and the quick and relatively easy update.
What You Need
Fabric (I always buy more than I need. ½ yard per chair)
Staple Gun
Staples (at least ¾ inch)
Screw Driver (to remove screws from the chairs & to remove old staples)
Batting
Scissors
Process
Remove screws from the chair
Turn the chair cushions upside down and remove all the staples from the original fabric
Remove the old fabric
Cut and add batting (pull tight and staple to the chair cushion)
Staple one side and pull tight on the opposite side around the chair frame
Do the same on the opposite sides
Continue to add staples around the frame
Optional: Depending on the age and condition of the chairs, you may need to cut and add additional foam cushion to the chairs as well. In this case, I did not but if you do, generally 2” thick foam is sufficient and it is easily cut to size using an electric knife. Please contact me if you need further instruction.)
After adding the staples, cut off access batting to make the bottom look as finished and neat as possible.
Cut fabric for each chair. I always add a little more than I need. Why? Because you can always cut off what you do not need, but you cannot add more once it is cut
Just as you did for the batting
Cut and add fabric (pull tight and staple to the chair cushion)
Staple one side and pull tight on the opposite side around the chair frame
Do the same on the other opposite sides
Add staples
Depending on the age and condition of the chairs, you may need to cut and add additional foam cushion to the chairs as well. In this case, I did not but if you do, generally 2” thick foam is sufficient and it is easily cut to size using an electric knife. Please contact me if you need further instruction.
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