While I was in Florida I had the opportunity to recover some dining room chairs, passed on to me from my grandfather. I remembered this set from my childhood and although it was dated, I thought it had potential. Plus the dining room table was huge and would be perfect for our big family.
I had never recovered chairs before but with the help of my family I knew we could figure it out.
Before
First we removed the seat cushions from the chair.
Then we removed the fabric from the cushions. For one cushion we were very careful while removing the fabric so that it would not rip. That way we could use it as a template for the new fabric.
All projects are made easier when working in a room that has these types of tools and supplies.
Using the old fabric as a template we cut out the new chair covers.
We ironed the new fabric and sprayed it with Scotch Guard.
Before you think I am nuts, the floor we are working on is being replaced. I would not normally do a project like this without protecting the working area first.
Then we used a staple gun to attach it to the seat. My advice for this part is wrap your fabric like you are wrapping a present. Pull it tight and have someone else hold it while you staple.
We removed the gold emblem from the top of the chair and reattached the cushions.
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They look great. We’ve done this before. I’ve never done it, but heard a tip to use outdoor fabric. Easy clean up with kids.
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Don’t laugh…we had chairs just like these (and a table!). I recovered ours, too!
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How cool is that!!
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Great job.
I love to see projects like this.
They look nice!
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Very Nice!
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Great job! That fabric is fabulous. My mom used to recover our dining room chairs every few years. It really made a difference in the whole room!
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WOW!!! That looks AWESOME!!! Reminds me of my Mom growing up. She’d get old caned chairs like that (where the caning was broken) and she would re-cane them!! She had taken a class to learn how to and her finished projects were incredible!!! Most of the chairs would come from people throwing them out in their trash!!!!
Great job!!!!!
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You did a nice job. I need to do that with our chairs. Now I’m encouraged I can do it. : )
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You did a great job and the chairs look beautiful! You made it look very easy. We had a old diningroom set that I refinished before we moved ( I sold it because we no longer have a diningroom). That was a lot of work but I was happy with the results.
I liked the fabric that you chose.
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