What if I ruin it? What if it looks terrible when I get done? Now that I have a few chairs under my belt, I am getting more confident. I love getting together with friends and laughing while we reupholster chairs for each other. We chit chat, drink diet coke, and tear chairs apart.
Ha ha. Every chair that I do is different. Every one has a different challenge. Upholstering a wing back chair can be a challenge, but you can save a LOT of money by upholstering a chair yourself, and I LOVE that I have a custom item that cannot be found in any store.
I love browsing fabrics. The perfect fabric can add a lot of character, class, and can customize your space. When you choose a custom fabric for an old furniture item, make sure that you choose one that you LOVE.
There are way too many amazing choices out there. Fabrics help tie together your designs. It helps the room to feel finished. When you put the perfect pillow on your couch, it will add texture and make the room come alive. I loved the tone of yellow and cream in the fabric for this project. After you remove the fabric from your furniture, lay it out on your new fabric and use it as a pattern.
Leave a few inches around the outside when you cut it out. Then, piece by piece, staple the new fabric onto your chair. I use a compressor with an air staple gun. It is a much easier option to get the staples in tight. The sides of the wing back chairs must be pulled tight and stapled around the arms. As you can see in the picture to the left, the staples are about 2 inches away from the outside edges of the chair. We stapled in this area purposely. I have made the mistake of stapling too close to the outside edge a few times and it is always frustrating when you can see the staples.
Also, make sure that you pull the fabric as tight as you can. I always upholster with someone else. This way, one person can pull the fabric tight, and the other person can staple it tightly into place.
If you missed my reupholster and my top ten upholstery tips , check it out. Also, if you are wondering how much fabric you will need, check out my fabric upholstery guide post.
I never buy expensive fabric. I am quite proud of how this chair turned out! It comes to show, practicing furniture upholstery can only mean you will get better at it with time. There have been a few times where I wanted to throw in the towel, but it has always been worth it in the end! You might recognize the fabric from my Master Bedroom. Here is another reminder of the before and after picture of this bad boy:. Um YES I do like it!! I love yellow damask patterns and paired with that black and white pillow, it just looks amazing.
You did such a great job upholstering it. I totally am going to do this sometime but I'm just nervous about picking fabric that will be permanent. So I made a slipcover for my thrift store wingback and that will have to do until my kids are old enough to not be climbing all over it. Anyway, great job!!!! I think I love that yellow chair!
I can't hardly believe its the same chair in the before picture! Great job! I'm so impressed that you can do that yourself. I have a monster chair but so comfty in my room that needs a major fabric overhaul. Your success is inspiring but.. I don't know if I could pull it off!
I love that you take on such challenging projects. Wingback chairs are so classy, I've always wanted one. Next time I come across one I may be inclined to buy one and give it a shot or give my current chair a makeover. This is amazing! And I hope that I can reupholster it as well as you did.
I have 2 chairs sitting in my garage out of fear that i will mess them up — you are so right i am choosing not to try…. Thanks for the inspiration!! I am in love with this chair! I have been trying to think of projects I could work on with my husband and I think this might be it. Thanks for posting this I really enjoyed it! I have a dusty rose wing back chair that I need to tackle, too. Since I'm a procrastinator…I'm saving it for winter.
I have a wingback chair I've been saving to do, but I'm also freaked out about it because the back of the chair is round, not just straight and then it's scalloped… This description probably doesn't make sense. Anyway, I need all the advice I can get. I could even email you a picture if that would help! Wow, it looks great! I'm always intimidated by wing backs because of all the curves and angles. You make it look so easy! Love love love it!! I absolutely LOVE your chair. I must start working on my drab wing chair.
I just gave you the "Versatile Award" over on my blog! Come and check it out! I love this chair- awesome job and with the black and white pillow- wonderful! Jamie lovelongtime. I just found a mustard yellow wingback chair in great condition at a thrift store that now sits in my All Things Thrifty inspired bedroom! It's a perfect match but needs a teensy update and a fab pillow to finish it off! I love the chair fabric with the wall color. I'm painting my dining room "elephant skin" almost-charcoal and have been considering some yellow-and-white fabric for curtains and chairs.
Yours looks so good, I think my decision is made! That is fabulous. I just did a reupholstery post on a chair. You may want to make a drawing or take a photo so that you remember the optimal piece arrangement when you have your fabric for upholstering. Measure the distance between the first piece that you laid down and the last one and write it down.
There are 36 inches in a yard, so divide your measurement by 36 to get the yards if you use a measuring tape. You will most likely have a part of a yard in your measurement. It is possible to buy half or quarter yards; remember that it's better to have a little too much fabric than not enough. By Rochelle Leggett. Related Articles. Wingback chairs commonly need about 5 yards of fabric. I ONLY recommend having your chair professionally reupholstered when that chair is an antique or has sentimental value.
You also might want to pay a professional to upholster your wing chair if it is a higher end chair with great framing. Check out these highly rated wingback chairs on Amazon to see how much buying a new wing chair would be.
And guys, I am not very skilled when it comes to sewing. I only know the basics. And, that was good enough to do the sewing to reupholster this wing chair. If you have only used older sewing machines AND you thought sewing was hard, you should try one of the new computerized models. This Brother sewing machine is so easy to use. And the instruction book includes very detailed pictures for setting up the thread and bobbin.
I love it! You should be able to figure out which order the pieces of fabric were added to the chair. The back of my wing chair was attached at the sides with tack strips, at the top with a plastic tack strip inside, and under the bottom with staples. No sewing was done on the back piece of the wing back chair. You just need to staple or hammer in the metal strips with a hammer or rubber mallet.
I reused the metal strips on the sides of the back piece. But, replaced the plastic tack strip at the top. Be sure to get the nails or staples very flat here, or they will start to wear down the fabric.
When you reupholster a wingback chair, try to use the pieces you remove as a cutting guide whenever you can. You can see here that I pinned the fabric to the foam to hold it in the correct spot while I pinned on the cording. First, the seat is the hardest part for non-sewers, like me, just take your time and be sure to pin carefully. You can always remove stitches in sections that need a bit of adjustment.
A big part of our living room makeover was all of the DIY furniture and upholstery projects. Feeling inspired? Have fun and let me know if you have questions.
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