Remember we’ve told you about cool office chair makeovers? Here’s one of these makeover in details. Take an office chair you like and before putting on the base and wheels, spray paint the silver legs and the top of the wheels gold (use a primer on the metal first). Leave the shaft that goes into...
If you have an old stool and wanna reupholster it, here’s a tutorial! Prepare an old stool/chair, fabric, a screw driver, scissors, a sewing machine & thread, a staple gun, a pencil, paint. The first step is to unscrew the seat from the base. Making sure you keep the screws safe until we need them...
Wanna reupholster your old chairs? Prepare chairs with upholstered seats, fabric, a staple remover, a staple gun + staples, fabric scissors, a screw driver, pliers, fabric spray. Gather your supplies and remove the chair cushions. There are usually just a couple of screws that hold each cushion in place. Remove the old fabric using a...
Too old chairs? Reupholster them! Remove old fabric and staples. If necessary, sand, stain, and polyurethane the legs. Using a flexible tape measure and the cut list instructions above, measure the chair. Using sharp scissors, cut the batting, fabric and dust cover pieces to size. Lay the batting over the seat so that it drapes...
A lounge chair is a must right now – in the middle of the summer – just grab it and go to sunbathe in your backyard! You needn’t buy a lounge and waste a lot of money – just make it fast and go lying in the sun. The best material for a lounge is...
We’ve just told you of some cool IKEA dressers and sideboard hacks, and today it’s chairs’ turn. A cool idea is to decorate MARIUS stool with some fabric making holes and kind of embroidering the stool. Dressing up a stool, for example, MAMMUT stool, is a fantastic idea for a cold winter in case you...
If you have an old chair and want to renovate it somehow unusual, that’s the idea for you. You’ll need some painting or staining supplies or spray paint and old belts – various and colorful. Sand the chair and stain it with the stain you’ve chosen. Once stained, sealed and dry, attach belts across using...
The T-shirt Chair is the winner of the Green Furniture Award 2011. It features an unique upholstery done of weaved together used textiles. The original chair designer has made of T-shirts from forty friends and other textiles such as grandma’s curtains, and jeans. All these materials was melt together visually to form a colorful symphony...
Recreate is a cutting edge interior design range of furniture and lighting started by Katie Thompson. Among the range there is a large selection of cool recycled suitcase chairs that could become a really unusual addition to any interior. Most of these chairs of course looks vintage but with contemporary upholstery they even will fit...