Anything blah can be turned into something wowing, including those ugly upholstered folding chairs. All you need is some nice fabric and spray paint. I used home deco fabric so it will hold up longer. I removed the seat cushions and back rest. The chairs I have were quite old so the screws were worn out and refused to come out, so I had to cut them off. Once the seat cushion and back rest were removed, the fabric was easily removed by pulling out the staples. I took that fabric and used it as my template to cut out the new fabric covers, and then stapled the new covers right back on. Next I spray painted the chairs. For the final step, I could have made a run to Home Depot to get new screws, but opted to use what I had on hand. Instead, I used E6000 glue. Other than having to deal with old stubborn screws, this project was quite simple.
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Looks great! I like seeing these updates to these old chairs that everyone seems to have on hand.
Very good job!
Very nice! I'm impressed with how well it turned out. How sturdy is the glue though? I can't help but wonder whether it was a better idea to stick with screws.
I like it..i like the fact that you used the color that is similar to the chair.
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Cute
Thanks so much for sharing my makeover! Such a thrill to see them on Apartment Therapy! :D
Thank you! I love E6000 glue... I've used it for so many things around the house and still going! I've used it to fix the leg on one of my kitchen table wooden chairs...the screw hole is completely stripped. I've also used it on my bathtub's wall ceramic bar soap dish... going on two years and still hanging on! :D
Very nice but I'm thinking that if you had gone with a darker fabric, both the legs and fabric would have stood out better. However, if this is what you were going for, then BRAVO...
They look so much better!!
Very pretty!
SHAZAAM!
Looks great, I just wish the pattern was centered. It wastes more fabric, but looks so much more polished.
I think you did a great job and I like that the pattern isn't centered. I think that would be a bit boring and this lends some interest when they're grouped together like this.
Great fabric choice!
In my very first place as a young adult,I had 4 of these chairs covered in vinyl! I hated them,but was too poor to replace them,wish Id have sen this then!
They look great! I'm inspired
Yes, they are very nice.
Impressive chairs
The randomness of the pattern keeps the chairs from looking stiffly formal which would be out of place for their purpose and the fact that you've painted the metal about the same color as the base of the fabric helps to tie the two together! Excellent eye and fantastic job!