Chair Re upholster Tutorial

I have wanted to re upholster this chair for a while now. I bought 2 of these along with a formica table for £5 at auction.

The seat pad came off easily as it has wooden pieces that slotted into grooves on the chair.

I bought some fabric from Ikea (£4) and a piece of foam from Dunelm (£3.25). I would advise using a slightly thicker more hard wearing fabric.
I took out all the staples holding the old laminate fabric in place. I just used a kitchen knife and some small pliers.

I got rid of the old fabric and foam and used the wooden base to draw onto the new foam. I then cut this out with some sharp fabric scissors.

I then cut out a square of fabric big enough to cover the foam and reach the base where it will be stapled into place and a little extra.

Then pulling the fabric tight I stapled in place. I have never used a staple gun before and it did take a bit of getting used to. I found you had to really push down to make the staples go completely into the wood base.

I cut off any excess fabric and re positioned the base back onto the chair.

Ta dah! It was actually very easy and cheap to do and I think it's a massive improvement.

Love Lemon x