How to repair and reupholster the dining room set
"I didn't know what I was doing, and I screwed up a bit, but that was nothing compared to the relief of getting rid of ugly old fabric and replacing it with something I love."
How I did it:
- turn the chair upside down and unscrew the seat from the body of the chair
- used a bowl to keep all my screws together
- Using a screwdriver and needlenose pliers, removed all the staples that hold the fabric to the seat.
- Once all the staples were out, I held the whole seat inside a garbage bag and used a paint scraper to yank all the old foam and fabric off the wood.
- I used a the seat as a template and traced it onto the foam with a marker to cut new foam
- I used a bread knife to cut through the foam.
- Laid out my piece of fabric and put the foam onto it, then the wooden seat base
- Used the staple gun to attache the fabric, starting in the middle of each side, then the corners and then worked my way inwards, pulled the fabric taut as I went.
- Once all the seats were done, I took them outside and sprayed with scotchguard
- While the scotchguard was drying I gave all the wood a good cleaning and polishing, tightened all the leg bolts and put felt pads on all the legs
- Then I put all the seatcovers back on the chairs, and screwed them in place
Lessons & tips:
- Practice doing the corners a few times before you staple
- Foam was very expensive at specialty stores, I got a great price at Walmart
- Make sure you have the fabric bias lined up straight and that it goes in the same direction for all the chairs.
- Make sure you pick out a heavy fabric
Resources:
- foam for the seats
- Heavy fabric, enough to wrap around the foam and leave about 2 inches underneath the seat
- Flat screwdriver for prying staples
- Needlenose pliers for removing staples
- screwdriver to fit the screws under the chair seat
- Marker
- Bread knife for cutting foam
- a good staple gun, staples
- 2 bowls, one for screws and one for staples
- scotchguard
- felt pads
- furniture polish
- a really big garbage bag
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