DIY Outdoor Chair Makeover
Image credit: A Butterfly House on Youtube
I bought two of these chairs. This week I thought they had a lot of potential but they look old. So I searched on Youtube and found A Buterfly House’s tutorial on doing a chair makeover.
Directions:
Start by taking apart any parts of the chair that can be taken apart. For this chair, that was just the seat, but some hairs came off the back as well. In the next step, you should spray paint the wicker on the chair.
You don’t need to cover up the fabric on the back of the chair because you know you’ll be taking them off anyway. Take care not to spray too close to the chair. Wrap the fabric around the chair’s seat and staple it in place to make it look like new again. Check each corner to make sure they look good, but don’t try to make them perfect. A good corner is one that looks like it was meant to be there Remove the old fabric before you start. It won’t get in the way and won’t show through the thick duct canvas.
Remove all the staples with care. When the chair is dry, cover the back with the back. It will be hard to secure new staples if you leave old fabric on. You need the back fabric to cut a template.
One by one, staple the fabric to the back of the chair to get the right size piece for the back of the chair. When you cut new fabric, use the old fabric as a guide to make sure it fits. Line it up, adding about half an inch to each line as you go. This will give you a little extra fabric to work with. Then, use your fabric scissors to cut the fabric into the shape that you want it.
It’s time to sew the fabric to the chair after you cut it out. Cut and sew the fabric together in both places. It’s time to work on the pipes! With a sewing machine, you can cover up the piping. You can also sew the new fabric around the old piping to make it look like it was always there. To do that, you first glue one side of the piping to the fabric. Then, you wrap the fabric around the piping and pin it to the fabric. In the end, glue the piping down from one end to the other, going from one end to the other.
