Showing posts with label Chair refurbishment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chair refurbishment. Show all posts

Sunday, 2 May 2010

Old chair recovered

We bought this chair when we lived in Cheltenham, about 15 years ago. The chairs are a bit worn down and rather than being situated around a table, they are now scattered throughout the house.

I have one in my sewing room and it was looking a bit tired. The original cloth is stained and looks quite hideous. I have one of these chairs sitting in the hall and I want to cover it in a nice mushroom velvet to co-ordinate with what we are doing in that part of the house. So I thought I would give re-covering a go!



The base came off quite easily with my hubby's power tool ...



I put another layer of wadding over the top of the existing fabric and stretched the fabric over the base. Using my staple gun I attached the side of the selvage first and then the bottom side, and then each side. Probably not the most hard wearing fabric, but I love it!



*giggles*



The base gets re-attached to the chair and voila!



Not too bad for a quick crafty fix!