When we moved into our new house, my boyfriend and I made it a top priority to give ourselves a studio space where we could work on projects in our spare time. We're both always looking for innovative ways to get exactly what we want using as little money as possible, and with this in mind we spent tons of time creating the perfect layout, custom building corner desks and laying repurposed hardwood flooring.
While making our ideal studio space, I stared at our old desk chairs in dismay. While they worked perfectly well, the scratchy, ugly brown fabric that they were upholstered with was simply unacceptable in our new, beautiful space. I decided that we needed to reupholster them, and after a quick trip to the fabric store and a few hours with a staple gun, we had a pair of brand new desk chairs for about five bucks! It was super quick, easy, and entirely transformed our studio.
Here's how to do it...
While making our ideal studio space, I stared at our old desk chairs in dismay. While they worked perfectly well, the scratchy, ugly brown fabric that they were upholstered with was simply unacceptable in our new, beautiful space. I decided that we needed to reupholster them, and after a quick trip to the fabric store and a few hours with a staple gun, we had a pair of brand new desk chairs for about five bucks! It was super quick, easy, and entirely transformed our studio.
Here's how to do it...
Step 1: Materials You'll Need
–Old desk chair[s]
–Fabric. (Ours took about ½ yard per chair, but measure the hight and width of your backrest and seat cushions, adding 4” to each side to be sure you have enough to wrap around them)
–Screwdriver (philips or flathead depending on your chair's assembly components)
–Staple gun
–Scissors
–Extra pair of hands (you'll need help stretching and holding the fabric)
–Fabric. (Ours took about ½ yard per chair, but measure the hight and width of your backrest and seat cushions, adding 4” to each side to be sure you have enough to wrap around them)
–Screwdriver (philips or flathead depending on your chair's assembly components)
–Staple gun
–Scissors
–Extra pair of hands (you'll need help stretching and holding the fabric)
Good job! It might have been more honest if you'd said you had a pneumatic stapler which makes the job so much easier but then you'd have to tell people to buy a 200 dollar compressor and a 100 dollar staple gun. In any event you MIGHT be able to get similar results with a hand stapler and a buncha blisters. But the chairs look pretty good!
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