I love before and afters, so I am super excited to add my own. My dad got a great table and chair set years ago from a friend, and then found a rug he really liked to go under it. Unfortunately the fabric on the chairs clashed with the rug. Being the mellow guy he is, my dad never really got around to recovering the chairs, but on my recent home improvement kick I helped push him into it. Here are the steps and the final product!
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- The original fabric looked like it was from an eighties ski cabin.
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- We unscrewed the cushion from the frame.
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- We ironed the new fabric.
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- We stapled the new fabric right on top of the old. This was way easier than removing the old fabric, and not really necessary since we didn’t want to change the shape of the chair.
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- Then we rescrewed the cushions on. We did have to buy new, longer screws since the fabric made the cushion sit up higher on the frame.
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- Side by side! Look how modern the new one (left) looks!
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- One last comparison: Before
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- After
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