{"id":1454,"date":"2015-05-26T21:18:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T04:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bumblebeelinens.com\/blog\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2021-09-24T10:27:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:27:39","slug":"how-to-reupholster-your-kitchen-or-dining-room-chairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bumblebeelinens.com\/blog\/how-to-reupholster-your-kitchen-or-dining-room-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reupholster Your Kitchen or Dining Room Chairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m going to confess, I’ve been wanting to do this craft for a VERY long time. Not because my chair cushions are disgusting, which they are, but I’ve been dying to use a staple gun. It’s silly but I’ve wanted to use one for YEARS. I’m guessing it dates back to when I used to watch hours and hours of the TLC design show, Trading Spaces. Does anyone else remember that show?<\/p>\n

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The premise of that show was that there were two sets of neighbors and they would swap houses and redecorate a room in the other person’s house in a short time frame. They were given a designer, a $1000 and 2 days to do the work. On that show, they always used to reupholster something, whether it be chairs or headboards or in some cases, entire walls.<\/p>\n

(Editor’s Note: One of my bucket list items is to be on any of the HGTV or TLC decorating shows, so if you know a producer, please hook this girl up….Pretty please)<\/p>\n

So earlier this year we did some light remodeling in our\u00a0kitchen. One of the things that we did was swap\u00a0out our rectangular kitchen table for a round one. The eat-in portion of our kitchen is pretty tight so my thought was that a round one would allow for more room to walk by. I found one at\u00a0Ballard Designs that I love.<\/p>\n

My intention was to find some matching chairs but I didn’t love the options they had and they were crazy expensive. Who knew that chairs could start at $200-250 a piece?\u00a0If I’m going to pay that much for chairs, I better love it.<\/p>\n

Since I haven’t found any chairs that I love yet, I decided I would just keep the chairs that we have and refresh them by replacing the chair cushion, because they are way yucky. The fabric is stained, faded and worn through.
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Since I love saving money, I decided instead of buying custom decorator fabric and getting it professionally done, I decided to\u00a0recover the cushions myself with an inexpensive tablecloth. Not only are tablecloths super affordable, but some tablecloths come scotch guarded and\u00a0are stain resistant. So if they get dirty, all you have to do is wipe it down.<\/p>\n

For this project, you are going to need a screwdriver, a tablecloth, pinking scissors and a staple gun.<\/p>\n

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So first you are going to turn your chair upside down and unscrew the cushion seat from the chair base. On my chair the screws were in four places.<\/p>\n

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Once you have removed the seat base, lay it upside down (cushion side down) onto your ironed table cloth. \u00a0The fabric pattern should also be facing down. (Please note I decided not to remove the original fabric since I’m not sure what’s underneath it.) If you are using patterned fabric, make sure you lay down your cushion on top of the fabric straight.<\/p>\n

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With pinking shears, cut the fabric slightly wider than the shape of your chair seat. Be sure to leave enough space around the fabric that there’s enough that you can easily staple the fabric onto the chair seat.<\/p>\n

So\u00a0now for the\u00a0fun part, load your staple gun. I bought a electric staple gun but you can also use a manual one. Read the directions on the packaging to see how you load it.<\/p>\n

Starting from the bottom of the cushion, fold the fabric over the chair base to lie just below the chair screw holes. Since I used the hemmed edge of the tablecloth I didn’t need to fold over the fabric first.<\/p>\n

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Start stapling. To ensure that the fabric remains straight, staple\u00a0first in the center and then in each of the corners. Then staple inward towards the center staple.<\/p>\n

After the bottom of of the chair is done, you will want to staple the fabric to the top of the seat base. This time you will want to fold the fabric over so that there is a nice clean edge.<\/p>\n

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Next pull the fabric taut before stapling down. Similar to the bottom, start in the center and then each of the corners. Then start stapling inwards.<\/p>\n

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After the top is done, you will want to do the\u00a0chair cushion’s right side. Instead of stapling the center first,\u00a0you will start at the bottom left\u00a0corner of the chair cushion and then do the top left corner. This is because the cushion is not straight and you will need to fold along the edge of the chair corners.<\/p>\n

In the bottom right corner,\u00a0first fold at angle the fabric down to cover the corner. Then fold down again and then once again. Each corner takes about 3 folds. Once everything has been folded, staple down.<\/p>\n

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Repeat on the top corner of the chair. Once the corners are done, you will want to fold the edge of the tablecloth fabric over and staple to the chair.<\/p>\n

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Repeat on the left side of the chair cushion.<\/p>\n

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Flip over the seat cushion cover.<\/p>\n

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After the seat cushion is finished, reattach the seat cushion to the chair frame using the original hardware. Much better, right?<\/p>\n

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