Remember that armchair from the ‘new’ toys I posted a day ago? Well it’s new life just began! I have reuphostered it and am going to share the whole process in photos below. Take a look and enjoy : )
Here’s the look after we picked it up from my friend’s house and dismantled it partially:
I have cleaned it up thoroughly with a vacuum cleaner and a damp cloth with some fabric shampoo. The tools I’ve used for this transformation are these below (staple gun, scissors and pins), fabric, a small hammer as well as a large foam piece, my friend had from her DIY couch which she sold in pieces but saved the foam for my projects.
Moving on to the layering. I’ve cut two pieces of foam, matching the sizes of the seat and the back of the chair. Then started stapling from the middle of each side of the seat, so I could secure the foam in place and just staple it all over. Make sure you leave about 2-3 cm in the further end to be able to tuck it in between the seat and the back of the chair.
Once you have stapled everything at the very end of the edges of the chair, cut the excess away. It is visible how I have done that on the second photo above. I have allowed a bit too much lenght for the back because I wanted the foam to cover the top rectangle of the back as well. And let me remind you again to leave an advance at the bottom of the back piece as well for tucking in.
I have stapled carefully the back piece, left and right side and left the top middle open. Then pulled the foam towards the top (we don’t want any excess as when finished I assume there might be too much ‘air’ between the layers of the chair and this would definitely be sensible when you sit) and stapled it with a single staple in the middle on the further edge of the top rectangle. I am showing it below and also a detailed look of the stapled foam.
I am famous within my friends circle with my significant lack of patience. And this is obvious when I work at home too. Instead of planning it ahead I wanted to start the chair makeover straight away and did not test how many layers of foam would actually look good and feel extra comfy. So after attaching the first layer on the seat I’ve decided it needs another one. And simply stapled it above the first one, hoping that the foam won’t rip off because of the bigger pressure due to its size, which was the same as the first layer so there was no allowance for the second one to simply cover the first and just get stapled a bit further out from the first layer. However it did work out somewhat well. Have a look and I am moving on to fabrics in the next post.
P.S With the bottom front I did the same as with the top rectangle. A staple in the middle and then moving to the outer sides of the front.
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