We're all very familiar with these little black office chairs. They're super convenient for a home office but they're certainly lacking in the style department. Take a cue from Mindy and dress up an office chair with just a little fabric and a staple gun…
Melinda Ann had actually relegated this chair to the donation pile, where it was destined for a one-way trip to Goodwill. And then, at the last minute, inspiration struck. The chair could be salvaged if only it wasn't so blah. So after popping the cushions off the seat and back of the chair, Melinda Ann re-covered them with a fun, modern patterned fabric. All it took was a screw driver to remove the cushions and a staple gun.
The pattern — with its grays and blacks and pops of yellows — is a perfect choice to pair with the black legs and other details of the chair!
Check out the full post on this makeover on Melinda Ann's blog — Mindy: The Chair We Almost Put Up for Adoption.
Images: Melinda Ann
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Comments (21)
Wow - this will rescue these kinds of chairs everywhere.
yep. that's pretty sweet.
nice!! love it.
I LOVE this! I've been thinking about doing this to my boring office chair for a while. I had a super fun purple one, but I gave it to my sister (her 2 yr. old roommate LOVES it!) since hers was super broken.
Oh my God I think office chairs are so ugly but this is beautiful!
Nice! Great way to spiffy up a home office.
While you've got everything pulled apart, why not hit the plastic pieces with spray paint for plastic and the metal parts with metal spray paint? Spraying the rest of this chair grey would be super cute!
oookay, this might have just saved our office chair destined for the trash. GREAT idea - thanks!
This is really awesome, reminds me of the ikea skruvsta chair that i've been dreaming of.
That looks fantastic
Hooray for that chair!
I LOVE this! Inspiration for my own tired but beloved office chair.
I've been thinking about doing this to ours, but also spray-painting the black plastic parts some other color to coordinate. Good to know it's an easy project.
Love it!
That looks awesome! Could it really be that easy?
Impressive! Nice way to update a boring old office chair.
I did something similar to an office chair some time ago. Made it a whole less ugly.
I like the fact that Melinda Ann used a fabric pattern that embraced the curves of the chair, and also carried up the black from the plastic. Congralations too on resisting the urge to paint the plastic, which would have looked cheap.
I love this idea. How, exactly, does one "pop" the seat out? I have been assessing my chair and short of jabbing a screwdriver between the plastic pan (under the seat) and the seat, I don't see a way to get it off. Does it require construction adhesive to stay in place once it is put back together?
Adorbs!
@somecraftydame I was thinking the same thing.
I something similar awhile ago and wrote a tutorial on the process for the IKEA Stefano chair. It's incredible what a difference a change in fabric makes!