Recovering chairs

The upcoming fall season and holidays often mean accommodating extra guests with additional seating. If you are looking for a way to spice up your old foldable chairs to create a more festive look, consider this DIY from Design for Mankind.Whether your look is classic black or vibrant hues, swaping out the standard material and adding a fresh coat of paint can turn a boring metal chair into something party worthy.This project can be done relatively easily and with basic materials.

Remember what the office chair looked like before. Drum roll please........... I decided to go with the yellow piping. Goes nicely with the new lamp. Wow, I guess my grey walls and grey desk top are really lilac and purple. Oh well, goes with the girly vibe. Sorry Damian, I did try to make it somewhat masculine. Better get started on that mancave in the garage!

If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.

How to reupholser a dining chair. A video and pictorial tutorial. Plus, how to protect your fabric seat after you put in the effort to recover them.

I am five weeks from my due date, and trying my best to finish up projects before the baby arrives! I wasn’t dead-set on anything particular for the nursery, but I did know that I wanted a comfortable upholstered recliner! I shopped around last fall, and was shocked that 1) upholstered gliders are really expensive, and 2) they don’t usually come slipcovered. I wasn’t prepared to spend upwards of $800 for a chair. I also couldn’t believe that a piece of furniture used primarily for nursing…

Create slipcovers for parson chairs with french pleats with this sewing pattern.

What a journey it's been making these slipcover's! I am finally finished!!!! I love it. The knife pleated skirt is to die for, it swi...

I turned a beautiful printed tablecloth into a custom dining room chair slipcover to makover bare Henriksdal chairs from Ikea.

IKEA Dining Chairs Slipcovers | henriksdal linen slipcover with long skirt in lino brushed

You can make slipcovers for all kinds of furniture, from couches to file cabinets. Get inspired and learn how.

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IKEA. Its affordable, the designs are modern and the selection is pretty varied. Still, there’s a certain satisfaction that comes from taking a cookie cutter item and putting your own stamp on it. Fortunately, a number of businesses have popped up that IKEA hacks accessible to even the DIY-challenged. • O’verlays If you want to take that RAST to the next level, O’verlays may be for you.

Wer mir auf Facebook folgt, hat letzte Woche ja schon das Vorher-Nachher-Bild meines kleines "Upholstery"-Projektes gesehen. Hier nun eine Schritt für Schritt Anleitung, wie aus meinem langweiligen Solsta Olarp-Sessel von IKEA ein echter Hingucker wurde... Those of you who are following me on Facebook already saw the "Before-and-After"-photo of my little upholstery project last week. So hehe is a step-by-step-tutorial of how I transformed my boring Solsta Orlarp chair from IKEA into…

Bored of your plain Ikea Tullsta chair? Want something a bit more fun and personnal than the covers proposed by Ikea? Want something special made by YOU? Now don't hesistate, check this IKEA TULLSTA CHAIR COVER PATTERN. In this 57 pages PDF document, you will find everything to made your own chair cover! It contains sewing instructions, printing instructions, yardage placing, and of course, the complete ready-to-print pattern! Searching for ideas? Please check my blog…

This was our first-ever recovering project and thanks to lots of intimidation it took us almost 2 years to complete. In the end, we are beyond pleased with how this turned out!

For this project you’ll need the following materials: Two Ikea chair covers (one you will rip apart and one you will keep together to use as a guide) Sewing machine Thread Roughly 2 yards fab…