Comments on: Midcentury Chair Before and After

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:47:15 +0000

They look great! I love the print and the corduroy. I have covered every single chair here, but usually don’t have to paint. The dark brown looks great with the deep reds. One thing that I learned, after my hand was aching…POWER STAPLER! and one with POWER…taking out a staple that didn’t go all the way in was the pits.

By: esme

esme — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:46:51 +0000

i found you through style-for-style and i love your makeovers! The black looks great with the red, and i love it with the cowboy fabric too. nice job.

By: laura

laura — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:05:40 +0000

wow these look awesome, I’m excited to start mine, although I do have a padded part on top that I’m nervous to do.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:39:06 +0000

I love them!! The chairs rocked anyway, but you totally kicked them up. So awesome Heather!

By: Kathy V.

Kathy V. — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:15:42 +0000

great job Heather! Now they are cute and usable for busy boys!

By: Katherine Campbell

Katherine Campbell — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:56:00 +0000

For seat covers, i prefer to use cotton or polyester woven fabric because i like its feel.,`;

By: J.Hill

J.Hill — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:19:15 +0000

Awesome! Once my darn allergies clear up, I am going to be spraypainting and recovering a chair I got at a garage sale a few weeks back. Thanks for the confidence boosting tutorial!

By: Sophia

Sophia — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:06:36 +0000

Great job! I was always a little afraid of this sort of thing, too, but I recovered our dining room chairs a few years back when I found the perfect fabric on clearance at Wal-Mart. I also added clear vinyl, but that’s mostly because we entertain a lot and I didn’t want parents to have to stress about what their kids might be doing to my formal dining room chairs. :) (My kids are plenty messy, too, BTW.)

I’ll second the vote to just jump right in and try it! It’s really quite easy. I had never used a staple gun before, but I did the whole thing by myself (8 chairs) in a day. My husband was impressed! :)

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:37:16 +0000

wow. That is a HUGE improvement. Way to go. Oh, and the stained chairs only made me love you more. You do have 3 crazy, artistic boys, after all. Only thing I would add is that when I did this, I added a layer of clear vinyl. It has saved my chairs SO much staining and it doesn’t make the project any more difficult, unless you have to drag your 2 or 3 kids to the store just to buy the vinyl. That would definitely add to the difficulty factor.

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:29:07 +0000

Soooo Cute! im looking for chairs like this so i can re-cover them for my dining room. Im happy to know that its easy! And my boyfriend will be even happier to know he won’t have to help! haha