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| Chairs Before |
I started searching the net for some fabric to recover the chairs with. I found a few online but the prices where a bit higher than I was looking to pay. On a trip to my local Walmart I ventured into the fabric section and actually found a fabric that I liked. It was also a decorator fabric so it was thicker than an normal apparel fabric so it was just right for the chair project.
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| Fabric For The Chairs |
I had never reupholstered chairs before so my first step was to head over to Youtube and watch a few videos on the process. Once I was sure on how to proceed it was time to get started. Of course removing the staples from the seats was MUCH harder than it appeared in the video. Each seat had a TON of staples. I finally got the seats stripped down to the bases.
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| Seat Base |
On the videos that I watched they used batting on the seat cushions to make them cushier. The cushions on these chairs was beyond saving so I headed to Joann Fabric and found some high density foam squares. (Joann has coupons available on the app and website so keep that in mind.) I didn’t take pictures of the next part of the process. To get the foam cut down to the correct size I just took the seat bases and sat them on the foam. I then used a black marker to trace the outline of the seat bases. I used a utility knife to cut out the foam to the correct size. I then took my fabric scissors and cut out the correct amount of fabric need for each seat. I did about 2 inches more than the seat bases to give me plenty of fabric to work with. We then set the foam and fabric aside to work on the chairs themselves. We jumped around in the process a bit so at this point I went outside and started sanding down the chairs. I used a 150 grit sand paper. We tried several brands and I found that the SandBlaster brand was my favorite which can be found HERE. It took awhile to get them sanded down properly.
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| Sanded Chairs |
Once the chairs were sanded we wiped them down to ensure that they were free of dirt and any sawdust. I had over ¾ of a gallon of black paint left over from my vanity redo so I didn’t have to buy any paint to complete the black portions of this project. The black I used was Glidden High Endurance Plus in Eggshell/Satin. This paint also has a primer in it. The color is called Mouse Ears. It was purchased at Walmart for approximately $25 a gallon. I got like 6 projects out of this paint so it lasts. It took 3 coats to achieve the coverage that I wanted on the chairs
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| Chairs After 3 Coats Of Paint |
While waiting on the chairs to completely dry the Mr. and I went back inside and worked on upholstering the chair seats. After placing the fabric squares I cut out on the floor. I then placed the foam in the center of the fabric followed by the seat bases. The Mr. was in charge of welding the staple gun Our first attempt didn’t turn out so great. Once we figured out what we did wrong (didn’t pull the fabric tight enough) we decided to set that one aside and come back to take the staples out and redo it later. The next 3 seats where much easier to do since we figured out what worked for us. The corners were the trickiest part and as one video said just play with them until you like the look then staple. That’s exactly what we did. After fixing the seat from our first attempt we had all the seats ready to go.
At this point the Mr. then applied 2 coats of Minwax Wipe On Poly in Satin. It took about 24 hours for the poly to completely dry. After they were dry we screwed the seats back down to the chairs and had complete chairs once again.
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| Complete Chairs Once Again |
Now for a before and after side by side
Coming up next time: The table gets a new look!
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