Ugly to Lovely: A Chair Makeover
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Jen Panguluri
(IC: blogger)
6 Materials
This chair makeover was long overdue. I bought this chair at a thrift store for $10 about 20 years ago. Soon after I bought it, a friend recovered the seat with a neutral, if not boring, fabric. We used it for a few years, then it ended up in the basement for at least the last 10 years. No one sat on it.
It was up against the wall by the ping-pong table, and balls always seemed to get caught underneath it. I really liked the chair, though, and that's why it survived many rounds of purging at the second hand store. For the makeover, I did a simple refresh of new paint and new fabric on the cushion.
Next I recovered the cushion. It started out looking sad. I removed the earlier cloth cover and left the original fabric/cushion intact because it was in good shape.
I found a pretty fabric at Hobby Lobby. It has a very large print, so I spent some time figuring out what part of the print I wanted on the seat.
I trimmed the fabric to about 6 inches larger than the seat, then my daughter started stapling the fabric onto the seat. Yes, I needed her help to operate the staple gun. My grip strength is not what it used to be! After stapling the fabric, I trimmed off the extra, and the chair was done!
Check out all the details at the link below. Hugs.
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Suggested materials:
- Screw driver, pliers (various)
- Hercules Handcleaning/Plumbing Towels (used to clean and degloss frame) (Amazon)
- Spray paint (Home Depot)
- Staple Gun (Big Lots)
- Fabric (Hobby Lobby)
- Scotchgard Fabric Protector (optional) (Amazon)
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Published February 3rd, 2017 1:31 PM
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Marion Nesbitt on Feb 04, 2017great fabric choice nice job
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Jen Panguluri on Feb 06, 2017Thanks so much Brenda!
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