How to reupholster a dining chair seat easily! 

I love quick easy decorating projects don't you? 

I want it fast and easy but I also want it to look fabulous when I am done. 

I also don't want to have to buy a lot of new tools either. 

That is why I love to reupholster chair seats! 

It makes such a huge difference just by changing out a little bit of fabric. 

How the chair seats looked before

I have had this same fabric on my chairs for the last 10 years (I have replaced it with the same fabric twice) and decided it was time for a change. The fabric below faded and had lots of stains on it. 

You can see what these chairs looked like from the very beginning (faux leather seats) here

Fabric Choice

With our 5 grandkids here all the time I really wanted to find a stain resistant and water resistant fabric.

I found this fabulous outdoor canvas fabric from Fabric Wholesale Direct that hit the mark for both of the things I wanted and needed. This particular fabric is waterproof and has a plastic PVC backing!

I am going to use it to recover some of my outdoor cushions too!! I love that it is also UV Resistant. 

Fabric Wholesale Direct has lots of great fabric choices besides waterproof canvas.  They also sell apparel fabric, Event decor fabric, upholstery and trims and notions. 

I really like the color combination of the turquoise, tan black and white. 

It works perfectly for the colors in my Karins Kottage Lake house. 

How to reupholster your chair seat

Stapling the new fabric to the seat

How to reupholster chair seat corners

Trim the excess reupholstered fabric off

Put the seat back on base of chair