How to Reupholster a Chair at Home

Nicholes Ammons

Why Reupholster Furniture?

Furniture made in the olden days was found to be more sturdy and attractive. These cost a lot more now. Therefore, you can simply reupholster your old furniture sets to make them look new Reupholstering includes repairing and redesigning a piece of furniture.

Introduction

We had a chair that belonged to my grandfather.

It was all worn out, yet quite strong. This is when I got it reupholstered!

You too can do it yourself or call a professional to do it for you!

Equipment’s required for upholster

These equipment’s would make your work easy

The chair Staple gun Screwdriver Foam (chair-specific) A pair of scissors

Get the worn out chair Get the chair and turn it over. Keep this chair on a raised platform so that

you have clear view of its bottom.

Gather the Required Fabric

Gather your favorite color fabric that you want to upholstery.

For long lasting fabric, it is recommended to get “upholstery grade” fabric.

Try to find screws on Chair

Find out exact number of screws that are fastened with the frame of the chair and the seat.

Remove all screws one by one with the help of the screwdriver. Remove frame of chair aside so that you will get more space to work on seat.

Use Of Favorite Fabric

Put your fabric on the floor with the designer side facing down

If you feel that you have to replace the foam as well in your old chair, you would need to remove the staples from the chair seat.

Replace the Old Worn out foam

Then place your chair seat on the new foam with which you want to replace the worn out foam.

Cut Fabric according to shape of the chair seat with two or three inches extra in the fabric that you cut.

Place new foam and Other Material

Place the foam or other material you want to use on the flat side of the seat and staple it with a staple gun.

Staple fabric in such a way that the decorative side faces down.

Fine tune your job

To avoid loose end fine tune all your work . In this way the middle as well as the edges

should be secured. Chair have enough staples so that the foam

or the fabric does not come out easily.

Put the chair seat back on the frame

Put the chair seat that was kept aside back on the frame

Accomplish it by tightening the screws.

To Conclude with…

Reference

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Reupholster-A-Chair-1/

http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/118860/how-to-reupholster-a-chair-at-home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3e6EMaYi4k

http://www.austinfurniturerepair.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4fQHcQWFGg

http://www.wikihow.com/Reupholster-a-Chair

http://www.design-char.com/how-choose-right-upholstery-fabric

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