Jul
2013
Reupholstered Dining Chairs
Remember these beauties we found at a local Goodwill?
I was planning to strip down the wood and refinish them, and then reupholster the seats, but realistically I realized refinishing the wood wasn’t going to happen for a long, long, time. So no need to hold off on reupholstering!
The wood isn’t actually that bad. It’s just a very yellowy-orangey honey oak, which I don’t mind that much, except that our floors are also honey oak, as are our coffee tables in the family and the dining set in the breakfast nook. Oh, the 70′s and its love of honey oak!
I found a beautiful DwellStudio home decor fabric at a Home Fabrics outlet. They have such awesome prices! I’ll always be checking there for fabrics from now on. They have a huge selection of discounted fabrics. This one was $8.99 a yard (normally it retails for over $20)! I was able to upholster two seats over the 54″ fabric width, so really I just needed 1.5 yards for the whole project (though I bought 2 yards just in case). We laid out and centered our fabric, then cut it with plenty of extra room on the sides.
Then we basically followed the same idea as when we stretched an oil painting…same principle — gently pull fabric and staple-gun in the middle of each side, then work out towards the corners.
We made 2 unobtrusive folds at the corners so they would lay flat.
Et voila!
I really love the fabric. It is retro and modern at the same time and goes so well with the style (and color) of the chairs! It is about a zillion times better than the old burgundy fabric!
It will do for a while until I get around to refinishing the chairs. I love projects like these…easy, quick, almost instant gratification =).
Did I mention they’re super comfy to sit on too?
Sharing at TheShabbyCreekCottage, MissMustardSeed, ShabbyNest, NotJustaHousewife and Remodelaholic!
Sarah
July 26, 2013 at 5:54 pm (4 months ago)These chairs look great! It almost looks like you changed the finish just by replacing the fabric. I really like the fabric you chose too.
Sarah
Camilla
July 26, 2013 at 9:19 pm (4 months ago)Thanks Sarah! I checked out a few of your projects, they look great!