Name: Jen
Location: Nashville
Time: 1 Hour
Cost: $4.98!
Jen recovered the "dirty and tattered" old seats of her dining chairs with a rich velvet. Judging from the project title she submitted, she is embracing the kitschy goodness of the "luxe" material. Jump below for all the pics, tools, instructions and VOTING...
Tell us the tools and resources you used for the project:
Fabric remnant, a screwdriver, and a borrowed staple gun.
Share step by step instructions for how you completed the project:
1.Turn the chair upside down. Using a screwdriver, remove the seats from the chair.
2. Using the screwdriver, remove the staples that hold the old fabric on the seat. Do not use the wrong end of a hammer or a knife. Trust me, I tried. Hey, there's some really ugly old fabric under here!
3. Measure the seat and cut the fabric to fit. Wrap the fabric around the seat, tuck the corners so they are smooth, and staple the fabric in place. It may be necessary to trim the fabric so it can be stapled smoothly over the corners.
4. Trim, tuck, staple. Repeat. Don't stress about making the underside look perfect; no one can see that part except the cat!
5. Using a screwdriver, reattach the seats to the chairs. Sit on the velvet and enjoy your tea. Mmm, tea.
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AFTER
I loved the original fabric; however, I am not really feeling that new fabric at all. Still, it looks like you did a good job.
view hejiranyc's profile
I love the velvet, I was considering it for my chair project, because I saw what these folks did with it...
http://www.sonrisafurniture.com/resultsSeating.php
but I couldn't find the right color.
view southof290's profile
exactly my comment hejiranyc. loved the old fabric, I don't get the velvet.
view designerny's profile
Blue = Good
60s orange stripe = Not so Good
I think I saw the 60s stripe on some chairs at the Salvation Army.
Your chairs look much better now.
view Mr. Dangerous's profile
i love the fabric...funky and cool...
view Goody's profile
i want the sideboard hutch thing behind the table. where? what?
view Joan in SB's profile
Thanks to Mr. Dangerous, Goody, and southof290!
The chairs were a thrift store find, and something stinky happened to the striped fabric before I bought them. So the stripes really HAD to go. It wasn't just a question of aesthetics; it was a question of cleanliness.
The sideboard hutch thing was a craigslist find. It has no maker's mark anywhere. If anyone else knows about it, please let me and Joan know.
view NashvilleJen's profile
The velvet is completely inconsistent with the style of the chair.
view phaedrus's profile
Hate that kind of fabric. Nice color, though. I also prefer the look of the original fabric.
Great chairs!
view greer's profile
now you just have to do something about that light fixture above the table...
view ange_lune's profile
Very classy. Love the colour choice.
view The Teal Sea's profile
Come on, she lives in Nashville! If you can't have crushed blue velvet there, where can you?
I think the after is much, much better.
view madsarah's profile
I like the original fabric only because of the color, they went well with the wall color.
What is that beautiful wall color by the way?
great job tho, plus you had the help of the lovely kitty.
view sassydo's profile
I notice your cat "helps" you too. I'm painting my bathroom and loo (wc) at the moment but my cats have given the whole project a wide berth. They are really into helping with curtains and upholstery, however.
view Battling Betty's profile
I dig the chandelier. And the wall color, and the blue velvet.
Maybe it's a southern thang.
How'd you wrangle 2.5 yards of fabric for $4.98?
view Splomo's profile
"Fabric remnant, a screwdriver, and a borrowed staple gun."
And a butter knife, and a cat.
Hee.
view Splomo's profile
madsarah: Exactly. The Nash never takes anything too seriously.
Splomo: Thank you! The fabric came from the remnant bin at Jo-Ann's.
Sassydo, the paint is Benjamin Moore's Merlot.
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