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How to Recover a Dining Room Chair

Update an older dining room set by recovering your chairs.
Prep Time5 minutes
Active Time2 hours
Cost: 30

Materials

Instructions

  • Unscrew the seats from the chair frame.
  • Remove fabric from the seat cushion.
  • Remember to save the fabric from one cushion to use as a template.
  • Using the old chair fabric, cut fabric for new chair covers.
  • Iron fabric.
  • Spray with Scotch Guard (optional)
  • Attach fabric to chair cushion with staple gun. Pull as tight as possible.
  • Screw chair cushion back on chair frame.