Reupholster tufted chair

Part 1 - Stripping The Chair And Prepping The Frame

Today I am going to share a How To Guide for Reupholstery from a beginners perspective. I am recovering a french chair.

UPHOLSTERING A TUFTED BACK CHAIR

My search for a perfectly girly chair for Piper Jane's nursery was long and tenuous. In fact, while I patiently waited for the right chair, I temporarily repurposed one of our living room chairs to Piper Jane's room.However, when I laid eyed on this gem at Mile High Thrift (my favorite thrift store in Denver),

Here's how I took an eyesore of an old armchair and turned it into a showpiece -my no sew method to reupholster a wingback chair.

Hey ya’ll! I wanted to show you what I’ve been up to! I wanted a couple of upholstered chairs for the ends of my dining table (which I haven’t shown you yet!), but have you seen the prices of upholstered chairs?! Oy’….we’re talking $300-$400.00 EACH! I decided to look around on craigslist and see what I could find. I found these two rolled backed upholstered chairs for $50.00 for BOTH! The only problem….they had some fabric that just wasn’t going to cut it in my dining room. Here they are……

Do you have outdated or ugly dining chairs that could stand to be recovered? Let me show you how you can easily reupholster your dining chair seats in a couple of hours with this tutorial! This is a project anyone can do!

Learn how to reupholster a tufted couch with this upcycle tutorial.

Do you want to update that boring, battered chair? See the step-by-step process of how to reupholster a chair.

Learn how to reupholster a chair in just 5 easy steps and turn that old chair into a custom piece of furniture you are sure to love. This detailed tutorial will go through all 5 steps and includes before and after pictures!