I’m again with Half 2 of this “the way to reupholster a chair” tutorial, and buckle up, as a result of there are a complete lot of photographs coming your means!
After eradicating all the outdated material, that is what the chair appeared like…
As I stated within the final publish, the material goes on within the reverse order through which it got here off. So reupholstering a chair all the time begins with the seat. First, we wrapped the seat with a brand new layer of batting, tucking it in on the again and sides and pulling it by. And it simply wrapped round and below the chair on the entrance.
It needed to be minimize and break up on the corners to wrap across the wooden body of the chair.
I didn’t trouble stapling on the batting individually. I stapled the batting and the material collectively. So after the batting was smoothed out, we added the material. Since this chair has a separate seat cushion, I used the velvet material solely on the entrance portion, after which plain (cheaper) material on the again portion that may be coated with the cushion. However I simply adopted the sample that I had created with the outdated material, which was made this manner as properly. I smoothed out the material and tucked it in on the again and the perimeters. You may see my mother sitting behind the chair and pulling the material to the again as I made positive the velvet was lined up straight on the seat.
As soon as it was lined up straight and smoothed out, I flipped the chair onto its again aspect and stapled the entrance of that piece onto the chair beneath the entrance edge.
On the entrance of the chair, the material simply went proper as much as the sting on the nook. The material piece for the arm would later cowl this uncooked edge.
After stapling the entrance of that piece, I sat the chair upright once more, and stapled the again of the material that had been pulled by to the again of the chair.
And at last, I stapled on the perimeters of that piece.
As soon as all 4 sides had been stapled on, we minimize off the surplus material.
Right here’s how the completed seat piece checked out this level.
Subsequent, we moved on to the within of the arms and wings, and that is the place we bumped into massive hassle. I began by utilizing the outdated material as a sample, stitching on the cheaper material in accordance with the unique material sample. (Once more, I went over the way to make these patterns within the first publish, and the way to annotate them so the place to position seams, the place to stitch on the cheaper material, and so forth.)
With this piece prepped, we received it lined up on the within of the arm and wing, pulled the white material by to the again, and commenced stapling on the backside and dealing our means up.
However for some purpose, irrespective of what number of reduction cuts we minimize on the sting of the material, we couldn’t get that material to wrap across the curve of the wing and lie flat. I imply, I minimize so many reduction cuts! Nothing labored. I don’t know why, and I’m positive an expert may have simply completed this in a single piece, however we’re not professionals. So we ended up slicing this piece off on the arm, after which utilizing a separate piece of material for the wing. Right here’s the place we minimize the material off, after which I put a reduction minimize on the prime within the center in order that the material wouldn’t create a dent within the foam.
Simply take a look at all these reduction cuts! And I had completed that every one the way in which up the wing, and it nonetheless wouldn’t lie flat.
Right here’s what it appeared like after we received the arms wrapped (however not trimmed).
Right here’s the view from the again aspect of the chair the place you’ll be able to see the place the arm material was pulled by and stapled.
So then we used a separate piece of material to cowl the wing on both sides.
You may see on the arrow the place this piece of material was folded below to cover the uncooked edge, after which positioned over the arm material to cover the uncooked edge and the reduction minimize. After which the left aspect was tucked in and stapled on the again, and the correct aspect of the material was wrapped and stapled.
Right here’s a better take a look at the place it was folded below.
And right here’s how the aspect appeared as soon as the material was stapled on, however earlier than the surplus material was trimmed.
Right here’s a glance from the again the place the material was pushed by between the wing and the chair again, and stapled alongside the again of the body.
As soon as all the extra material was trimmed off, it appeared like this…
And right here’s a take a look at the completed within the wing…
On the prime of the wing, the material needed to be notched to suit across the body.
I left this uncooked flap of material protruding that may be tucked below the again piece.
Subsequent we hooked up the entrance piece on the chair again. I hooked up cheaper material on the perimeters and the underside of this piece, in accordance with the sample I produced from the unique material.
The white items on the perimeters didn’t prolong to the highest of the velvet because the white needed to wrap across the body to the again, however the velvet needed to additionally wrap across the prime fringe of the chair.
So we tucked the white items in on the perimeters and the underside and began stapling these onto the again of the body. After which on the highest edge, we folded the uncooked edges below, made positive these had been masking over the uncooked flaps from the wing material, after which wrapped and stapled the highest fringe of the material onto the again aspect of the body. Right here’s a take a look at that completed piece.
Right here’s a view of the aspect material from the again of the chair the place it’s pulled by and stapled to the body.
It needed to be notched to go round that center help piece.
After which you’ll be able to see the place it was pulled by on the backside and stapled to the body.
Right here’s a take a look at the highest the place the uncooked edge was folded beneath, after which the material was wrapped to the again and stapled to the body on the again.
We didn’t get it completely wrinkle-free, however it’s fairly darn shut!
And right here’s how the highest appeared on the again of the chair as soon as it was stapled into place.
And at last, we had been able to the surface of the chair. I began by reattaching the again cardboard piece which was coated with a really skinny piece of froth. I used a number of staples to connect this piece.
I additionally reattached the skinny foam to the perimeters, ensuring that the perimeters of the material that had been wrapped round and stapled on the within of the arms and wings had been hidden beneath the froth.
After which we added a brand new layer of batting. I began on one aspect, utilizing as few staples as potential to maintain the batting in place.
After which I flipped the chair to wrap the batting and fix it to the again, after which flipped the chair once more and hooked up it to the opposite aspect. Then we trimmed off all the extra batting.
And at last, we hooked up the again and aspect material. On this explicit chair, the again and aspect items had been sewn collectively on the unique chair and hooked up as one piece, in order that’s what we did. On some chairs, you would possibly discover that the again piece is hooked up individually from the surface arm items. That’s why it’s vital to take away the material fastidiously, seeing precisely how they’re hooked up as you disassemble them, and marking them fastidiously in an effort to understand how all the things matches again collectively.
After stitching these three items collectively to make one giant, we lined up the seams on the corners of the chair, after which beginning in the course of the again, I stapled the material in place, after which labored my means out and across the wing and arm. I used to be stapling as my mother was pulling the material taut and pulling out the wrinkles. We didn’t get it excellent, however we had been more than happy with it.
Right here’s how this aspect sorted stapling the material in place throughout the curves of the wing and the arm, after which wrapping and stapling the material on the underside edge.
Right here’s a better take a look at the material stapled into place. That is the place the trim will go to cowl over that uncooked fringe of the material, however I’ll share that course of in Half 3 of this tutorial.
As soon as that half was completed, I began again in the course of the again of the chair, and repeated that course of, working my means in the direction of the opposite wing and arm.
Right here’s what the unfastened aspect piece appeared like, so you’ll be able to see simply how a lot adjusting, tugging, and pulling was required to get it into place in order that it could possibly be stapled. This actually was a two-person job. My mother did all the inserting, pulling, and tugging, whereas I did all the stapling.
And with that second aspect stapled into place, we had an upholstered chair!
The laborious half is finished at this level. From right here on out, we get to do the enjoyable and fairly straightforward half, which is including all the trim that may cowl these uncooked material edges, including the nailheads, and making the separate chair cushion.
It’s getting there! I’m so enthusiastic about how that is wanting. This velvet material is beautiful!
The colour is so deep and wealthy with out being darkish and dreary. It’s simply excellent for my desk space.
So I’ll get this chair completed as we speak, and I’ll be again tomorrow to point out you Half 3 of this tutorial, in addition to my completed chair!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
