Above thumbs from left to right:
- "Tossed and Found" (Time Out Chicago; project and image above by Diana Durkes)
- Upholstered dining chairs from Kelly & Brian's "Classically Eclectic" Bucktown Apartment
- The Lazy Upholsterer's MidC Dining Chair Re-do
- Upholster an Open Arm Side Chair
- DIY Upholstered Folding Chairs
Helpful Resources:
- Help! First Upholstery Project
- The Needle Shop (for classes)
- How To: Reupholster a Sofa
- Vogue Fabrics (for classes)
Jonya & Brad's Modern A–Frame 
Quick Cleaning Tip: Keep Baseboards Cleaner With Fabric Softner
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Profile Chair by Ma...
Mac and Cheese: The Secret to Making It Rich and Creamy
Summer Recipe: No-Bake Strawberry Icebox Cake
Comments (7)
StyleNorth just did an excellent post about this with novice Mike taking readers through the process he followed on his first project, an upholstered bench: http://stylenorth.ca/blog/2009/03/upholstery-101-getting-started/
Thanks so much for the links; I bought two mid century side chairs on craigslist last week for $25.00! They need new upholstery and some tlc, and I'm not sure where to start. This will help a bunch.
Oh I am SO inspired by this bird chair...you have NO idea!!Wow! Thanks!
I love the last pair of chairs in ikat and paisley print!
The bird chair is really cute! Wish I'd found it!! (Me, I think I'd have painted it black and tried to find the fabric equivalent of that tree drawing wallpaper... Or, another idea, paint the bird in decorative painting techniques in actual bird colors and find coordinating fabric, OR, more funky, paint the bird in a surrealistic fantays way...) (Maybe I need a set!)
Reupholstering is definitely scary, but a dining chair is the easiest thing to start on! I jumped into a 8ft, pull-out couch, where I changed the art shapes and added a ton of padding. Took me three weekends, but we love it.
I adore that chair- it makes me want to get a jigsaw and replace the back of a chair with a whimsical shape like that.