Recovering Kitchen Chairs

I bought 4 kitchen chairs a couple of years ago with intention of recovering them. The seats were super uncomfortable and the finish on the frame was coming off. They needed some work. I decided to recover the seats and try and pad them to make them more comfortable as well. Here are the supplies I collected to make this project work:

chrome spray paint

replacement screws (the originals are rusted)

1" foam (enough to cover the seats and backs)

vinyl for the seats

staple gun & staples

upholstery nails

I wanted to keep the chrome look of the chairs as I like the retro feel. I went to Canadian Tire and found a spray paint that looks like chrome. After I took apart the chairs I cleaned the frames and sanded them lightly. The spray paint really worked, they look great.

For the seats, you want to cut the foam about 1" bigger all around, lay both the seat and the foam on top of each other on your vinyl fabric. Pull the edges up around the sides to figure out how much you need to work with. Better to cut too big a peice so that you have lots to work with.

You want to pull the vinyl up around the sides as tightly as you can. Using the staple gun place the staples evenly spaced along the edges. You can trim the edges of the fabric after wards if you have an excess. And you can always take it off if you screw up!

For the back of the upper part of the chair I chose a contrasting fabric. I also bought chrome upholstery tacks to attach the contrasting fabric with.

Once I attached the back and the seat back to the legs they were done! I would say the total project took me 10 plus hours, not including the time it took to collect the supplies.