I have had this ugly dining room chair since we moved into our home over 10 years ago. I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I hung on to it with the intention of giving it a face lift. It took me 10 years to start it and only one hour (minus drying time) to complete it. I hate to think of all the things I could get done if I would just quit procrastinating or waiting for the perfect time.
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| Ugly chair. |
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| Start by removing the chair cushion from the frame. Then using a flat screwdriver, pry up the old staples in order to remove the ugly, faded fabric. |
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| Here are the components of the chair seat: sturdy board base, layer of cushion, fabric. Replace any of these as seen fit. All of mine were in good condition. |
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This is the cushion pad.
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| Beautiful piece of gray fur I had hanging around. Because who doesn't have a random piece of gray fur? |
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| Lay cushion in center of fabric. Lay chair board on top of cushion. |
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| Pulling fabric tightly, staple the fabric to the board. Wrap corners of fabric like you would a Christmas present. Don't be scared of going a little staple crazy. You want the fabric to stay put. And there is something seriously satisfying about the ker-pow of a staple gun, No?? |
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| Paint chair frame. Let dry. |
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| Finished seat cushion. (Well, almost finished. I went back and fixed that little bulge in the front. Blasted thing.) |
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| Secure seat back onto chair frame. |
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| Finito! What a beauty!!All my girls are fighting over who gets it. It is mine, I tell them with a small maniacal glint in my eye. Mine. |
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