How To Reupholster A Dining Room Chair Seat And Back

Using a temporary fabric pen trace a line three inches out from the seat and cushion.

How to reupholster a dining room chair seat and back. Materials used reupholstering an antique dining room chair. Cut the fabric along the line. Removing the old material refinishing the visible wooden sections of the furniture if any and then the actual reupholstering process itself.

Place your foam and seat on top of your new fabric. For years now. I ve always intended to re cover and re upholster it but it s taken me a while to get around to it.

Use a screwdriver and needle nose pliers to remove staples from the old fabric. If the seat is round then staple the upholstery to the underside of the seat in 4 equidistant locations such as at 12 o clock 3 o clock 6 o clock and 9 o clock. Use a pneumatic staple gun or electric if you are on a budget.

Then cut around it leaving about 3 4 inches. This was the week. Cut a covering from the new fabric using the old fabric as a guide.

3 4 yard should cover two seats. Choose polyester fabrics over cotton they are much more durable. A standard size dining chair will typically need a 27 square of fabric.

Sandwich the seat back between the two pieces of fabric and pinch the fabric together where you want the final seam to be and pinning together as you go. Lightly stretch the batting and drive one staple photo 4 along each edge. Locate the center of the seat edge and place a staple in the center of the edge to secure the fabric.