If the padding is in good condition, you can cover the seat easily with new fabric using either upholster glue or staples. Web using upholstery pins (instead of sewing) a lot of upholstered armchairs have a small strip of fabric on the front of the chair below the cushion that is sewn in place. Web i bought some antique dining chairs with the intention of totally redoing them and making them my own.
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Web here's a fun, relatively easy diy reupholster chair project!
Some chairs have seats that can be screwed right off, and some are attached.
Cut new upholstery fabric to size using the old fabric as a template (image 3).Web to reupholster a chair, you'll first need to disassemble the cushion, or the upholstered parts. Make sure both pieces of fabric are facing the same direction, so they are an exact copy, not a mirror image (image 2).Pin the old panels of fabric to the new upholstery fabric (image 1).
