This chair however was a little more complicated. I will try my best to take you through the steps. But if you are considering doing this, just jump in. Go with a cheap chair, so if you mess up a little it will be okay.
First of all I took a ton of pictures before I started so I could go back and see exactly how it was set up.
I took the entire chair apart and spray painted it white
Once the paint was dry on the chair, I began putting the fabric on the back.
This part was a little difficult, because it had to be just the right size. I used the old piece of fabric as a template, I laid it out on the new fabric and cut around it. You must pull the fabric taut as you staple. It was hard to get the pattern to line up straight.
After this was on tight, the layers of cushion went on top of it. The cusion and batting were in good shape so I re-used them.
Staple back on, just like it was with the old fabric. This is why it's a good idea to take a lot of pics so you can see exaclty how it was set up in the first place.
You must pull the fabric as you go, so it stays nice and tight.
You don't want loosey goosey fabric on your chair.
If you mess up, it's okay just pull out the stapels and start again. I had to do this a couple times.
Next came the seat cushion, sorry I forgot to take a pic of this one, but it was the easiest part. Just line up the fabric with old cushion fabric cut around it, in order to get the same shape. Cut it out and lay it over the cushion.Curve it under the cushion and staple to the bottom, many, many times. Pulling it taught as you go.
This chair had screws in the bottom in order for me to get the seat out, when it was time to put it back on however the screws didn't line up with the old holes. After much fighting with the chair, I ended up drilling a new hole for it.
I chose to add trim, because I'm not familiar with cording. I took the easy way out, I hot glued some trim around the rough edges. I also didn't attempt to but tufting back, again I took the easy way.
This really is not as hard as it looks. If you want to try it out for the first time, I recommend doing a chiar like this. Avoid a chair with a lot of fabric and intricate details. You may end up frustrated and giving up. But I assure you, if I can do this so can you!
If you have any questions, I would be happy to try and answer them for you. Keep in mind this was my first try, I may not know all the correct terminalogy for reupholstry.
