Tablecloth for Reupholstering a Chair

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Tablecloth for Reupholstering a Chair - chair with reupholstered seat Do you have any extra tablecloths you don't need? The tablecloths could be turned into upholstery fabric for your chairs! You could save money versus buying fabric by the yard. This is what we did for the chair seats!

Note: You could use a staple gun in lieu of wire brads, but since our chairs are older the stapler gun was hard to pierce through the wood so we went with the wire brad/hammer method and it is a cheaper option, especially if you don't have a staple gun and staples on hand.

Total Time: 2 hours (time varies depending on how many seats you have)

Supplies:

flat head screwdriver
Philips screwdriver
wire brads
pliers
hammer

Steps:

Remove the screws on your chair. Remove the seat and set aside the thin fabric.

Tablecloth for Reupholstering a Chair - removing the original screws holding the seat onto the chair frame

Tablecloth for Reupholstering a Chair - chair with the seat removed

Cut the fabric larger than your chair seat (also factor in the chair cushion.)

Tablecloth for Reupholstering a Chair - fabric cut for the seat cover, oversized

Wrap the fabric around your seat tightly and hammer in wire brads.

Tablecloth for Reupholstering a Chair - hammering in brads

I hammered the brads at an angle as pictured. Use pliers if you need to remove any brads not cooperating. Example is the finished product (bottom) and the other 3 chairs are up next to do. Repeat process for all the chair seats you need to do.

Tablecloth for Reupholstering a Chair - finished seat and the other 3

The thin fabric set aside earlier when you took apart seat, you can now hammer it back into place.

Tablecloth for Reupholstering a Chair - replacing the thin fabric covering the brads

Screw the seat back onto the chair and you're set!

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Lexi

February 4, 20210 found this helpful

How well have the tablecloths held up?

Not knowing how expensive upholstery fabric would be, I rescued these chairs from a dumpster.

An attempt to paint the fabric instead was quickly aborted and so they've sat for three years.... sturdy, purposeful and ugly.

I recently happened upon half a dozen tablecloths in a pretty, pale pink... more than enough yardage to cover all eight chairs.

But could this fabric possibly endure? Would doubling it over increase the prognosis?

I'm remiss to invest the time and effort into reupholstering them, only to find the fabric will promptly lose shape.

Any advice based on how your chairs have held up?

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