How To Reupholster A Chair...With A Hot Mucilage Gun! {Way Dorsum Wednesdays}

Back inwards Nov I showed you lot my daughter's completed novel room and mentioned that I would nation you lot how I did a "cheater" chore to reupholster her chair.

Well, half dozen months later, hither you lot go! The chair was inwards fairly proficient cast except for a few spots on the arms. When nosotros chose the ruddy coloring system for her room, I idea this chair would run inwards at that spot but wanted to jazz it upward a bit...it was a chip of a wall flower.

I gathered scraps of leftover stuff as well as played about alongside which pieces I wanted to role where until I was happy alongside the layout.

I started alongside the dorsum panel as well as cutting my stuff alongside a chip extra about the edges. I left likely 8-12" on the sides as well as bottom, as well as exactly near 2" or hence along the top edge. I only folded the top border as well as creased it alongside my fingers, as well as hence applied hot mucilage nether the plication as well as tucked it correct upward closed nether the cording. Believe it or not, hot mucilage does a actually proficient chore of bonding fabric!

I left to a greater extent than stuff about the sides as well as bottom because I was able to exactly tuck those sections agency inwards towards the dorsum (between the dorsum as well as the side wing) as well as they stayed nicely. It was helpful to role an quondam butter knife to forcefulness the stuff to slide nether some of the tight edges similar this one. I didn't desire the stuff to delineate out when mortal sat inwards the chair, as well as alongside the extra mass I could stuff it agency dorsum as well as it stayed position nicely.

To encompass the arms, I did the same thing, folding nether every side that would show, hot gluing carefully correct along each edge, as well as tucking nether cording equally closed equally possible. Once I reached the dorsum cushion as well as bottom spot border of the arm, I tucked the excess stuff tightly into those crevices.

I didn't accept a film of this part, but those yellowish pieces that she has her finger on were attached alongside petty upholstery tacks on the underneath side. I pried them off alongside a screwdriver, but left them attached along their bottom side (so that curved department folded downwards similar a flap). Then I made a construct clean plication along the bottom border as well as wrapped the stuff about to the dorsum as well as glued along the edges. I folded the "flap" dorsum upward as well as pushed the tacks dorsum into place. The pieces were a chip unloose hence I went dorsum alongside to a greater extent than hot mucilage as well as pressed on the pieces firmly until it dried. Perfect.

Back as well as arms...everything betwixt the dorsum cushion as well as side wings as well as arms as well as the bottom of the arms is exactly extra stuff tucked inwards tightly. So far I've never had to tuck anything dorsum in, it's stayed overnice as well as snug.

The chevron strip was to a greater extent than of the same, cutting around to size as well as hence folded as well as glued about all of the edges. I went dorsum several inches underneath the cushion as well as glued the ease correct along the cording. For the skirt, I roughly doubled the criterion about the chair as well as hemmed it along the bottom side. Then I sectioned it off, stapling starting fourth dimension of all on the corners as well as the middle of each side.

Then I used the unloose stuff betwixt staples as well as eye-balled some pleats, ane time over again correct upward nether the cording. There was a difficult surface nether this department of the chair, hence I did role the staple gun wherever I could larn it to larn inwards well.

To encompass the raw skirt border I glued on some fringe as well as ribbon, as well as a sparse strip of dark as well as white ribbon balanced out the other side of the cording.

Ta-Da! Wall bloom to Flower Power!

I intend this method actually is a proficient option if you lot accept a chair that is inwards fairly proficient condition, but exactly needs a petty pepping up. Although it currently has wearing clothing strewn across it, the petty ane does savor sitting hither to read from fourth dimension to time, as well as I intend it's an extra slice of fine art inwards the corner!