Many things lose their attractive appearance over time and therefore need updating. You can put some effort into restoring your furniture and giving it an amazing look. People especially repurpose old chairs. There are many ways to restore them.

Kinds

To update yourself old chair, you need to decide on the type of restoration. There are several ways to help restore outdated furniture. To update wooden products or chipboard surfaces, you can apply the following methods:

• Decoupage- This is an opportunity to decorate furniture by gluing some motifs or pictures cut out of paper onto it. To preserve the renewed surface of the object, a special varnish is used that protects the paper from external influences. Decoupage allows you to choose interesting drawing and transfer it to old furniture, thereby updating the interior.

• Adhesive tape or film helps update old furniture without much effort. Decorative self-adhesive film may have a design that imitates a natural stone, wood, leather and ceramics. She is not afraid of water, temperature changes and direct sunlight. With its help you can completely transform a faded chair.

• Artistic painting is a way of decorating objects various colors. There are several types artistic painting: Khokhloma, Zhostovo, Gzhel and Mezen painting. But restoration using this method requires skill and care.

• Craquelure- a technique for creating visually aged wood. Cracks form on the coating, through which the main tone is visible. To achieve this result, use special plaster, varnish or paint.

The technique itself does not require serious preparation and precision of application.

• Painting- most easy look restoration, for which it is only necessary to thoroughly clean the product. The paintwork will keep the chair attractive for a long time.

• Lamination- a method that uses decorated paper, which is glued to the surface of the chair using synthetic melted resin.

• Veneering– is a renovation of furniture using a thin layer of wood, which is glued to the surface using a one- or two-component composition. And to give the veneer aesthetics, you can cover it with varnish or wax.

In addition to updating the aesthetic appearance of the chair, sometimes more serious intervention may be required - it may be necessary to replace or repair a broken part of the structure. In some cases, it is enough just to restore the connecting parts, and in others, to completely replace the part.

To restore wooden or metal chair Boy, you may need to replace the old upholstery. To do this, it is necessary to prepare materials that will help restore the product. Upholstery requires care and precision combined with mastery of tools.

How to disassemble it yourself?

It is not difficult to disassemble a chair with your own hands, since its design is known to almost everyone. First you need to unscrew the back, and then the legs. And they assemble the product in the reverse order so that all the grooves take their places. If the chair is secured with glued spikes, the attachment points are wetted hot water or sprayed with steam from a steam generator.

If on wooden structure If there are cracks, they are filled with a mixture of glue and sawdust or glued and clamped until they are completely fixed. If the tenon fastenings are damaged, the old plugs are replaced and the drawbar joints are glued together. To do this you need to do small hole, pour glue into it and wait until it dries.

If the old chair is wobbly, then you need to remove the legs from the special grooves and wedge them top part. Due to this, they increase in size and stay in the grooves better.

Update high chair occurs on the same principle as an adult, but sometimes you need to replace the loops or swivel mechanism. Typically, children's structures consist of many parts that are designed to protect the child's position. For greater strength, all connecting places must be glued.

To disassemble a folding chair, simply remove the axial pins that connect the backrest and seat, and then remove the seat. Designs on metal base It is easier to disassemble - you need to unscrew the seat and the soft part of the backrest.

If the chair seat is set to spring block, then it must be replaced with new springs. It is not necessary to remove the entire block for this.

Recovery process step by step

After disassembling the structure and restoring damaged parts, it is necessary to remove the old paintwork. After this, the main stage of restoration begins.

A primer is first applied to the cleaned surface of the chair, which completely matches the color of the product. After waiting completely dry, the soil is cleaned off with sandpaper to obtain a thin layer of coating. After this, the product is coated with paint or varnish, wait for it to dry and apply another layer.

Each material is painted in a special way. For example, an anti-corrosion agent is first applied to a metal frame, and after complete drying, it is covered with the main color. Transparent varnish is applied in several stages, and if a coloring composition is used, it is better to resort to metal enamel.

Wooden frame first treat with wax, carefully distributing it over all areas. Instead of wax, you can use an oil primer, which is applied with a brush. The product is then coated with several layers acrylic paint. These recovery steps allow you to quickly and easily renew your chair without using special protective masks and gloves.

It is extremely undesirable to paint plastic chairs, since plastic tends to bend, and this will lead to cracking and peeling of the paint. Therefore, it is a priority for them to sew covers or pillows.

Final stage renovation consists of creating beautiful upholstery. Taking off old upholstery, a seat base is cut out of a foam cushion, which is then attached to the surface using glue. For additional fixation, you can use paper clips. Having stretched the fabric well over the entire seat, it is secured from below with furniture clips. Depending on personal preference, the fabric may have bright pattern or have no drawing at all.

To remake a seat with springs, first fix the batting, and then a layer of foam sheet. The fabric is attached according to the same principle as with one layer of foam rubber, but it is pulled with greater emphasis to smooth out the spring relief.

Many people think about what paint is best to paint in order to preserve the effect for a long time. For wooden products, you can use stain or paint and varnish, and for iron structures– enamel specially designed for metal.

Viennese

To repair Viennese chairs yourself, you first need to evaluate them general state. The amount of damage may depend on operating conditions.

The most important damage that can be assessed at home is instability. This occurs due to weakening of the tenon joints. To bring the product into normal condition, it is necessary to increase the size of the tenon, install seals on the drawers and replace the power bars. After this, the paintwork is replaced and the seat is restored.

To restore an outdated structure, you need to prepare basic materials and tools. To work you need to get a hammer, furniture stapler, self-tapping screw, paints and varnishes, solvent, brushes, glue, scissors, cloth and sandpaper.

The renewal process begins with cleaning all surfaces of the product from dirt and dust. After this, the analysis of the chair begins. First, remove the seat and backrest, which are usually held on with screws. Then the remaining parts are removed step by step. It is important to check the strength of all connections. If any attachment point does not hold well, then it is not worth disassembling.

Disassembled elements must be replaced immediately to avoid errors during the assembly process. All parts are sanded with sandpaper to thoroughly remove old varnish. This is necessary so that the furniture can be repainted so that the new layer fits perfectly on the chair.

Next, be sure to inspect the places where the elements are glued. The top of the legs, which are attached to the grooves, must be wrapped in several layers of bandage, covering each layer with glue. If the leg wobbles very much, then a hole is made in the end, into which a small wedge is then driven. This will increase the width of the end, and the leg will hold firmly in the groove.

For drawstring structures with a weakened seam, you need to make a hole on the inside and use a syringe to inject an adhesive into it. You can also resort to matches coated in glue and insert them into the socket when assembling the chair. In this case, the ends must be adjusted with great precision so that no gaps form between them and the drawers.

Assembly of the structure begins with complete gluing of all tenon joints. Excess glue should be removed with a napkin. The product dries for about a day, and for maximum fixation you need to place some heavy object on the seat.

To update the seat, you need to get rid of worn upholstery and eliminate all surface imperfections. If you need to change the foam rubber, then you need to draw markings on the new foam rubber sheet and cut out the part. The fabric with which the seat will be upholstered must be larger than the resulting seat. It is placed closely on the surface and secured with paper clips on the back side.

The chair itself can be decorated in Provence style. That's all for this wooden parts painted, and after drying they are processed with a sanding machine.

To fix the effect, you need to coat the structure with varnish.

Updating details

You can decorate a chair different ways. Any materials can be used: paper, fabric, laces, paints, napkins, etc. It all depends on the imagination of the master and on the level of his skill. Naturally, if a person does not know how to work with complex equipment, then he should not resort to it. We need to start with something more understandable.

Using sisal

For this method, you can use either a wooden or metal frame. To work, you will need a large ball of sisal rope, thick upholstery fabric such as velvet, a stapler, superglue, scissors, nails, a hammer, a pencil and a measuring tape.

You need to start the repair by removing the old upholstery from the seat and backrest. Then the back parts are wrapped with sisal, smoothly moving to the legs. This must be done so that the rope fits tightly around the part and each subsequent row fits closely to the previous one. The material must be fixed with glue.

Having finished wrapping all the elements, you need to create decoration on the back. To do this, the rope is wound in several layers in 2-3 rows, first between the upper and lower crossbars, and then between the side ones.

Having made a pattern for the new upholstery, you need to secure it to the seat. Small nails or a stapler are suitable for this.

Wool yarn

To resort to this option, you will need a design on metal frame with mesh back and seat. To work, you need to prepare scissors, multi-colored wool yarn, a crochet hook, a wooden strip, a screwdriver and screws.

In this case, the mesh plays the role of a canvas, so double threads need to be threaded through it in a diagonal direction. Moreover, each row can have different colour. You can use two contrasting colors or several similar shades.

You can strengthen a damaged mesh with a few stitches of yarn. Then you need to cut out a strip that will follow the shape of the seat and secure it with screws.

Decoupage from sewing patterns

This option is well suited for antique wooden products with a hard seat. To work you will need patterns from magazines, glue, a brush, acrylic lacquer, scissors, fabric, thread and needle.

If you find that an old chair is completely worn out, do not rush to throw it away. Often old pieces of furniture bring with them pleasant memories of people and events in your family's life. And what’s the truth? Previously, furniture was made to last...

Therefore, a restored chair may well serve not only you, but also your children. Just by changing it appearance, you can return the furniture to its former attractiveness and newness. Fortunately, there are many options now. Everything will depend only on your imagination.

How to update an old chair? Pre-cleaning

To begin with, the surface of the chair needs to be clear from old covering, whatever it may be. If there soft upholstery seats, it must first be removed. You don’t necessarily need “male strength” to do this. Try turning the chair upside down and you will see that the seat is attached with screws that need to be removed. To do this, you need to arm yourself with a hammer (for knocking out the seat) and a screwdriver (straight or Phillips).

Now you can start removing the old coating. To do this, you can use regular sandpaper of different grain sizes or a sanding sponge. It is important to sand the surface of the wood well. This will help you easily apply the coating you choose later. It is worth saying right away that this work is not easy.

But it is possible to simplify the process a little by periodically moistening the surface to be treated. This way you can get rid of dust. Just don’t be alarmed by the fact that moisture makes the old varnish viscous. This is fine. After the chair has completely dried, you need to sand the entire surface well again with fine sandpaper.

How to update an old chair? Everything is in order

Now it all depends on your imagination. If you decide to varnish the surface of the chair, then you need to use a colorless primer so that through protective layer the texture of the wood was clearly visible. A layer of primer will have to be used in any case. Even if you decide to paint the chair in the future.

The fact is that paint adheres better and lasts longer if the surface is first primed.
The surface must be coated with varnish in two layers. It is important that the first coat is thoroughly dry before applying the second. The varnish can be applied with a brush or by spraying it over the surface.

The chair can be painted any color. Nowadays furniture is considered very fashionable white. And the seat upholstery can be contrasting. Nowadays there are many ways to show originality. For example, use a stencil. Let it be flowers or any other ornament.

Another way to cover the surface of a chair is beeswax balm. The surface is also pre-sanded and primed with drying oil. Then they cover thin layer balm using a cloth. After twelve hours, the surface is polished with a brush.

Now you can begin restoring the upholstery. The old one needs to be removed. Previously, it was attached to the seat using ordinary nails. You will also have to get rid of the foam rubber. It is necessary to cut a new one according to the old standards. The fabric must be cut with a margin for hemming. The upholstery material can be very different: like a special fabric for upholstered furniture, as well as regular linen or thick cotton. It is better to fasten the fabric with a furniture stapler. But if you don't have one, don't worry. You can use regular nails by hammering them in. It is important to remember that the material must be well stretched on all sides.

Now the seat can be inserted into its original place and fastened with screws.

Upgrade an old chair with a cover

There is another way to how to update an old chair - use a cover. It can be made from any fabric, hiding defects and imperfections without major intervention. The cover can be with a variety of frills, ruffles, bows, tassels... You can make several options. Festive and everyday options. Show your imagination! Don’t rush to throw away old furniture, try to become a designer, we are sure that you will succeed!

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DIY chair restoration: design ideas, master classes

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If you have old chairs in your home, there is no need to throw them away. They can still serve you for several years if they are properly restored. You can do this yourself. This way you will save your money and have an interesting time.

In this article we will tell you how to restore old chairs with your own hands, and also consider ideas for upholstering them.

How to restore an old chair

Required tools:

• Scissors.
• Paint brushes.
• Polishing machine. If you don’t have one, then you can get by with simple sandpaper.
• Putty knife.
• Electric drill and drill bit.
• Face mask.
• Copy paper.
• Power saw.
• Paper.
• Pencil.

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Restoration stages:

• First you need to get rid of those parts of the stool that cannot be restored. For example, use a jigsaw to remove slats and loose pieces on the backrest.
• Now places a thick sheet of plywood on the seat. Using a pencil, we mark the intersection with the vertices of the back, since the sheet can be very large. Using carbon paper, transfer the pattern onto the workpiece. To easily cut out patterns, drill holes in the plywood.
• A sheet of plywood must be secured between boards or on a workbench. Using a power saw, make the shape of the back of the stool. Place the finished part in place. Using a pencil, mark the places where the screws should be placed to hold the wooden planks and plywood. Using a drill, make holes narrower than the screws themselves. Insert the screws and seal the holes with putty.
• Give it time to dry. After which everything needs to be leveled. Sandpaper is used for this.
• If you need to paint a chair, you first need to apply a layer of acrylic primer to the surface. Wait until it dries. When processing it is necessary Special attention pay attention to the back of the product, since all edges and lines must be processed carefully. Now you can paint. After the paint has dried, the chair is varnished.

Seat trim

There are times when restoration of the stool seat is necessary. For this you will need following materials and tools:

• Stapler for furniture.
• Staples.
• Screwdriver.
• Foam rubber 5 cm thick or 2 pieces of fabric 2–3 cm thick.
• Thick fabric for seat upholstery and backing fabric.

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So, how to reupholster the seat of a wooden stool:

• We take out the seat and upholstery. We don't throw away the base.
• Turn the chair over and remove the fastenings that hold the seat in place.
• We remove the factory brackets and take out the frame with the spring. There will be filler on it, or rather, the remains of it. We remove all this.
• Cut out a rectangle. The upholstery should extend beyond the edges of the seat by 6–8 cm.
• We put a backing on the springs from thick fabric. It needs to be fixed with a stapler to a wooden frame.
• We put the filler. Allowable thickness 4–5 cm.
• Making upholstery for a chair. It is best to perform this action together. For upholstery, linen, leather or textile materials are used.

DIY restoration of old chairs

The process of restoring an old lacquered stool is slightly different. First of all you need to prepare:

• Acetone.
• A sponge.
• A brush.

To restore a wooden stool, it is necessary to remove the old coating. To do this, treat the surface with acetone. Thereby removing the old coating in the form of varnish.

Using a brush, coat the stool with new varnish. Leave it for a while. After this you can use the chair again.

Some tips (master class):

• To cover small cracks, you can use homemade putty. To make putty you need to take flour and PVA glue. The mixture should be very thick and resemble plasticine.
• To refresh wooden stool, you can use stain. It has different shades. Be sure to seal the stain with varnish. Otherwise, you won't wash your clothes.

How to decorate an old chair in an original way - master class

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At home, you can paint the stool however you like. If you choose the right design for a chair, it can complement the interior of your home. For example, choose two colors for painting, the first is turquoise, the second is white. Now let's move on to the back. It needs to be treated with fine-grained plaster. A “worn” effect will appear. Choose the upholstery material so that it matches the color of the product.

If you want to make a vintage stool, then choose cream, blue, pink paint. Then paint on the chair. You can paint the entire stool or individual parts. Now you need to apply the gold paint. Small cracks in this case will be in order. They will create an antique effect.

If you need to make a chair in the Empire style, then choose a milky color for the upholstery fabric. Floral prints are also allowed on it. The frame is covered with gold paint.

If you don’t want to bother with paint, you can sew a cover. It will completely cover all the shortcomings of the old stool.

You can replace the regular upholstery with leather straps. Take about 30 leather belts different colors and intertwine them with each other. You need to intertwine according to the “basket” principle, and then fix it from below with self-tapping screws.

Restoration: patchwork technique

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Each of us has a whole package of unnecessary things that we definitely won’t wear again. This is the kind of material that will be useful for creating a stool design in a patchwork style. You need to decide on the range and choose suitable materials from things.

It is worth noting that there is no need to use elastic materials. Choose simple things without complex drawings. Use old upholstery as a template.

If you are restoring chairs for the first time, then you need to choose square or rectangular elements for upholstery.

Slice required amount flaps and distribute them over the surface of the seat. The flaps may vary in width. This will create a “mosaic” effect. Sew a ribbon from pieces of fabric. To do this, you can use a machine or do it all by hand. Collect the resulting strips into a single canvas. Try the template on the seat. Cut off any excess. Secure the upholstery.

Decoupage technique for the design of an old chair

This technique will help turn monotonous stools into original and beautiful objects that will decorate the main interior of the house. To create a design you will need napkins, fabric with a pattern, you can use leather appliqués. If you can get to the store, you can buy special cards for such technology.

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After you sand the chair, you need to seal all the cracks with putty and cover everything with water-based emulsion. Cut out the picture, apply glue and attach the drawing. Gradually you need to move from the center to the edges , thereby smoothing out the pattern. Let the surface dry and then varnish it.

Restoring an old chair with your own hands is not that difficult. The main thing is to do everything step by step. An old product can look like new if you pay attention to its design. It can be painted, made into other upholstery, sewed covers, or used different techniques design. Then the chair will not only perform its functions, but will also become an addition to the interior of the room.

Don't rush to throw away old things. They can be useful for restoring an old stool. We have reviewed different variants for stool designs that anyone can make.

There can be a great many reasons to renew old chairs or decorate new ones with your own hands. This includes the need to adapt furniture to the interior, the desire to correct design flaws, to restore chairs inherited from a grandmother or found for next to nothing at a flea market. In this material we will talk about 4 ways to transform “four-legged friends” (including office and garden chairs) beyond recognition, and also present 70 cool photo ideas for alterations.

Method 1: Painting a chair

Even the most old-fashioned or simply ordinary chair, say, a “Viennese” wooden, plastic, folding or office chair, can be transformed by painting. The main thing here is to choose the right color. Here are some inspiring examples where color alone saved furniture from ending up in a landfill.

Old Viennese chair before and after renovation

A few more examples of remaking the most common Viennese chairs made of bent beech, which can be found in almost every home or cottage.

Here are a few cool ideas painting stools.

Inspired? Then let's get to practice!

To paint the chair you will need:

• Acrylic paint, or preferably chalk paint, in one or more colors;
• Synthetic flat brushes (separately for primer, paint and varnish);
• Protective gloves (better to buy at a pharmacy);
• Primer for wood/metal (depending on the frame material);
• Wax or matte varnish (polyurethane or acrylic);
• Medium to fine grit sandpaper.

How to paint a chair with your own hands:

1. Prepare the chair for painting: wash it from rough dirt and dust, then sand it with medium-grit sandpaper to remove upper layer old varnish or paint. The surface should be slightly rough.

• If you want to update a metal chair, then it is not necessary to sand it (although it is safer to sand off the top gloss), but before priming/painting, the frame must be degreased with white spirit.
• Also, you can avoid the tedious sanding step if you use chalk paint, but you won’t be able to do without a primer.
• If your chair is varnished, it can be removed special means for removing varnish.

1. If the chair has any damage, such as scratches, chips or cracks, fill them with furniture putty.

1. Wipe the chair from dust, wait for it to dry and apply two layers of primer to the entire frame, allowing each layer to dry for about a day. Between layers, it is advisable to sand the primer with fine-grained sandpaper (no. 220 is suitable).
2. Take a new brush and paint the chair in 2-3 layers, allowing each layer to dry completely. Make sure that the paint does not smudge.

• If you want to paint a chair with a distressed effect, then first apply a dark paint, say dark gray or dark blue, to some places (for example, the edges of the seat, back and armrests), and then cover them with wax. Next, you should paint the chair with the main paint in 2-3 layers. And finally, lightly work with fine-grained sandpaper to expose the dark “substrate”.

• Do you want to achieve the effect of a perfect factory paint job? Then be patient: every coat of primer and paint (except finishing layers) will have to be sanded with fine-grained sandpaper. This way the coating will be as smooth and reliable as possible.
• To paint only certain parts or parts of the chair, use masking tape.

1. Treat the chair with wax or matte varnish. Voila, your “four-legged friend” has found a new life!

Helpful Tips:

• Don't know what color to paint your chair? You can't go wrong if you paint it white, because this color is the most versatile and goes well with any bright upholstery;
• Before painting, you can glue it to the back of the chair. stucco decor using wood glue;
• Achieve the effect of a very old and dirty chair in Provence style, you can use dark brown wax;
• Chalk paints are relative new type paint, which has not yet gone on general sale. However, we recommend using it, because due to its thickness, increased adhesive properties and super-fast drying (in 30 minutes), it saves a lot of time and effort. In Russia, you can purchase chalk paints from designer Daria Geiler, and in Kazakhstan – from Vernenskaya Manufactory. You can also always order paints foreign manufacturers– Annie Sloan and Rustoleum.

This video master class will help you better figure out how to paint an old chair with your own hands.

Method 2. Seat reupholstery

Most often, if a chair has a soft seat, then painting the frame is not enough to completely update it - you need to change the upholstery. Here are some photo examples of how reupholstering a seat can turn an old chair into a stylish piece of decor.

Office chair before and after painting, replacing the back and seat upholstery

By the way, if your chair or stool does not have a soft seat, then you can make it yourself: first cut the MDF base exactly to the shape of the seat, then follow our master class, upholster it and, finally, screw it to the chair frame with self-tapping screws.

To make a soft seat for a stool, just glue the foam rubber directly to the base, and then cover it with fabric, driving the stapler staples into inner side seats.

Stool with homemade upholstery

To work you will need:

• Anti-stapler (or its alternative);
• Furniture stapler and staples no higher than the thickness of the seat base;
• Textile;
• Foam rubber about 4 cm thick;
• Batting or padding polyester;
• Scissors;
• Serrated bread knife (with teeth);
• Screwdriver.

How to reupholster a chair with your own hands:

1. First we need to remove the seat from the chair frame using a nail puller or a screwdriver.
2. We remove the old upholstery using an anti-stapler and remove the filling if it is worn out (if it is in good condition, then it can be reused). Next, wipe the base of the seat from dust and dirt.

• If wooden base The seat seems too old and unreliable, use it as a template to cut a new seat from plywood.

1. We place the seat on the foam rubber, trace its outline and cut it out.

1. We cut the fabric and batting in such a size that they can be wrapped around all sides of the seat (along with foam rubber), leaving 10-15 cm free. This excess is needed to make it more convenient to stretch the material.
2. So, we have four blanks: base, foam rubber, batting/sintepon and fabric. Now we need to put it all into a sandwich. First of all, we spread the batting, put foam rubber on it, and on the foam rubber - the base of the seat, wrong side up. Next, we simply fold the edges of the batting onto the seat and, slightly stretching the material, fix it with a stapler. The corners of the batting can be cut off, or you can simply bend them and fasten them in the same way.

How to restore a chair seat

1. Once all the batting is attached to the seat, trim off any excess batting.

• If desired, the foam rubber can be pre-glued to the base or stapled around the perimeter, retreating 5 mm from the edge of the seat.

1. The most crucial moment has come - the stage of reupholstering the seat with fabric. Spread the fabric with the wrong side up and place the seat on it. Next, fold the edges of the fabric along one side and secure with a stapler. Now lightly stretch the fabric over the opposite side of the seat and secure it with a stapler.

Repeat the procedure on the remaining two sides and start decorating the corners - they need to be wrapped as shown in the photo below.

Chair after restoration

1. We return the seat to its place and fix it with the “original” fasteners.

Helpful Tips:

• The soft seat of the chair can be additionally decorated with furniture nails around the perimeter.
• The upholstery fabric should be selected in accordance with the style of the chair. For example, traditional jacquard fabric is not suitable for a modern chair, and a classic chair with an elegant back is unlikely to “make friends” with fabric with a newfangled geometric print.
• The same fabric from which your curtains are made is ideal for upholstering a chair. In the interior, such a coincidence will look very harmonious.
• The print on the fabric can echo the carved crossbars as shown in the photo below.

For a more visual master class on upholstering the seat of an old chair, watch this video.

Method 3. Decoupage a chair with paper

Do you want to decorate a chair with a cool print or cover up minor defects like scratches and stains with patterns? This can be done using the decoupage technique.

Chair decoupage idea

Chair decoupage idea

Chair decoupage idea

Chair decoupage idea

You will need:

• Any paper with the desired print, for example, it can be multi-layer napkins, pages from magazines and books, geographic Maps, posters, wallpapers, etc.;
• PVA glue;
• Brushes 2 pcs (for applying glue and varnish);
• Scissors;
• Transparent matte acrylic or polyurethane varnish;
• Water (if necessary);
• Roller for working with large formats.

How to update chairs using decoupage technique:

Step 1. Clean the chair from dirt and stains, paint if necessary, following the first instructions in the article.

Step 2. Cut out the fragment that you need from the selected printing. The workpiece can be either large (for example, in the shape of the seat and back) or very small.

• If you use napkins, you first need to separate the top layer with the pattern and only then cut it out.
• If you want to cover the entire chair, including the legs, the paper needs to be chaotically torn into small pieces of approximately 10x10 cm, as shown in the following photo slider.

• To decoupage the back and seat, they need to be removed from the chair frame using a screwdriver, and then used as a template for cutting the workpiece (see photo below).

Step 3. Generously coat the area you want to decorate with PVA glue and place your design on it, then smooth with a brush with the remaining glue, releasing all air bubbles and smoothing out the folds.

• If the cut out print is small, then it is better to apply glue not to the chair, but reverse side the workpiece itself.
• If the paper is very thick, then you need to moisten it a little in water - this will make it more flexible.

• A top layer of glue is not necessary, but is often desirable (it should be thin in any case).

Step 4. Repeat step 3 with the other parts of the chair and leave the glue to dry for about a day.

Step 5. Cover the decorated areas or the entire chair with 4 layers of clear varnish, allowing each layer to dry completely. Ready!

Method 4. Decoupage a chair with fabric

It would seem that there is no other way to radically modify a chair with your own hands other than by painting. In fact, there is another cool way - decoupage with fabric.

• A chair updated in this way will last a surprisingly long time, even under heavy loads. And if individual threads come out of the fabric along the edges of the chair, you can simply cut them off and treat them with a layer of PVA glue.

Decoupage idea for an old chair

You will need:

• Textile;
• Wooden chair;
• PVA glue or special glue for decoupage;
• A sharp stationery or breadboard knife;
• Brush for applying glue.

How to update a chair using decoupage technique:

Step 1. Using a screwdriver, remove the back and seat from the chair. If you want to paint the chair, do it before taking it apart.

Step 2: Spread the fabric over flat surface, place the seat on it and trace it along the contour, stepping back about 2.5 cm from the edge, then cut out the workpiece.

Step 3: Cover outside your seat with PVA glue, then place the fabric on it and smooth it out. Once the fabric is straight, coat it with PVA glue and leave to dry overnight.

Step 4: Once the fabric is dry, make sure it is completely stiff. Next, trim the excess fabric with a sharp knife exactly along the edges of the seat.

Step 5: Now coat the perimeter of the seat with PVA glue again to prevent wear around the edges.

Step 6: Repeat steps 2-5 with the chair back and other parts you want to decorate and finally put the chair back together. The main condition for successful restoration of a chair is that the pattern must accurately repeat the shape of the surface being decorated.

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Surely at home each of us has one old one, or even a couple of good solid ones. wooden chairs, which, however, . And everything would be fine, but their appearance leaves much to be desired. It seems that something with history is practically an heirloom, so it would be a shame to throw it away. But why throw it away if there is a DIY restoration of chairs? It is absolutely not necessary to contact a master who can do this for you. After all, firstly, you still need to try hard to find such a master. And, secondly, in this old item you can realize your new ideas and design fantasies. Try your hand, and we will show you how to upholster a chair with your own hands and make it the highlight of your interior!

Where to begin?

First of all, it is necessary to realistically assess the amount of work to be done. Remember that any chair, no matter what condition it is in. You can always replace worn out and broken parts with new ones. After an objective look, you need to think about the end result. That is, what would you like to get from this chair in the end. Think carefully about the room in which it will be located. And build on this further. The interior in which the updated chair will be located will become the starting point for the restoration of this piece of furniture at home.

Coloring

Whatever repair you undertake, painting or varnishing the surface of the chair is a must. To give this piece of furniture an updated look, you should get rid of the old coating. Therefore, you will need to use sandpaper. With its help you can easily remove cracked paint or varnish. But first you need to remove the seat and upholstery. For these purposes, use a hammer and, if necessary, a screwdriver. Some chairs have a seat that is secured with nails, so you will need a nail puller to remove them. Upon completion of this stage, you can safely sand the legs, back and frame with sandpaper. If you decide to renovate furniture at home, be prepared to do a good job of sanding. This is perhaps the most tedious stage in restoration. wooden coverings. Wood can be painted with several layers of varnish or paint, so at first it is better to work with coarse sandpaper. Sanding is carried out with fine-grained sandpaper.

Now you can go directly. It is known that wood absorbs any liquid very well. Therefore, our repairs will not be complete without a primer. This will allow the paint to spread more evenly over the surface and last much longer. The primer can be white or colorless. The first one is better to use if you are going to paint a chair. A colorless primer will be needed for those who will continue to use varnish and do not want to cover the wood texture. After applying one or more layers of primer, you need to wait for it to dry completely. Now all that remains is to go over it again with fine-grained sandpaper and start applying paint or varnish. But if you want to give the product an even more polished look, use a special wax balm. It is applied after the primer has dried before applying paint. It should dry well, after which it will need to be carefully polished with a brush. Now you can paint. In order for the product to remain in its original form longer, it is best to apply two layers of dye, first allowing each to dry thoroughly.

You can realize your design ideas

Sometimes an interior design does not include the use of soft seats. Therefore, chair repair ends with painting the seat and screwing it to the frame. If you want to completely repair the chair using new upholstery, go to the next point.

Upholstery replacement

It is important that the upholstery, the chair itself and the interior do not differ from one another. design solution. Therefore, you need to think through everything in advance to the last detail. Use only thick upholstery fabric, even if you are not only making repairs soft seat, but also make a chair cushion.

Remove all staples from the old seat. This is easy to do with large tweezers. Now let's start replacing the batting. The pre-cut piece needs to be placed on hot-melt adhesive and allowed to firmly adhere. If this is the first furniture renovation in your life, we recommend using plain fabric. (and even more so in stripes) you will have to constantly check how evenly it is located. But for a beginner this can be quite complicated and troublesome.

Be sure to leave a five-centimeter margin of fabric along each edge. Maybe even a little more. Pin the fabric to the surface to control the placement of the design. Gradually tighten the upholstery, securing it with a construction stapler at a distance of no more than 1–2 centimeters. Depending on the shape, the fabric at the corners can be fixed as follows: