How to upholster dining chairs using a curtain?

Hi MArie, here's a great video that will show you how to do it - https://www.marthastewart.com/1010741/ask-martha-reupholstering-chair

Hello Maria,

Take off the existing fabric and use that as a pattern. Re-fix with staples or studs. as original........

If you need help understanding how to remove the old fabric, check out my post....https://karupp-did.net/fabric-removal/. ;

In this post, I show you how to remove old fabric from a bench. Bench, chairs, it is all so similar in removing the material. You will use the old material as a pattern and cut the new fabric (your curtain) according to the same size.

Then check out my post https://karupp-did.net/bench-part-3/

In this post I show you tips and tricks how to staple it all back together. This project was a bench but it will really help you see how to staple to make a nice tight fit.

If there are any curves in your dining seat, check out my post https://karupp-did.net/re-upholster-with-white/

This post I go into detail how to re-upholster a seat with a curve with thick fabric. Using a curtain is a little thinner than upholstery fabric depending on what the fabric is like. It will work, but if your seats are going to get a ton of traffic you might want to thicken it up with some spray. You might be able to use a spray starch but I would use something that does double duty like a scotch guard spray. You might need a couple of coats. Anyway, hope these ideas helped. Good luck!

If the curtain fabric is thick enough you should be able to upholster it just like you would with fabric. How to upholster depends on how the chair is made. Some chairs all you have to do is remove the seat which is screwed underneath and cover the seat, staple in the fabric and attach the seat back to the chair.