There comes a time in every piece of furniture’s life when the decision must be made whether to throw it away or to try to make over what you have. It’s amazing what can be done by refinishing or repainting a wooden piece. An even easier and more significant make-over can be achieved with re-upholstering furniture. Even an amateur can re-upholster something easy like a dining room chair seat cushion. You just unscrew the seat from the wooden frame. Cut your fabric so that there is about a 3″ – 4″ overlap, depending on the thickness of the seat cushion. Lay the fabric on the floor with the good side on the bottom. Place the cushion on the fabric, ensuring that it is centered in the middle of the fabric if there is a pattern. Fold it onto the chair in the middle of each side and secure in place with a pneumatic stapler. Continue this on all four sides, pulling tautly as you go. Once you have a staple in place in all four middles, continue stapling the fabric in place on all four sides leaving only the corners. The corners can be easily stapled down once they have been folded in a similar matter to how a present’s ends are wrapped. Turn it over when the fabric has been secured and look at how great it looks now! Reattach it with the screws removed earlier and voila, a new chair!
The trickiest part of this process is having the right tools. Stanley Bostitch has an incredible line of pneumatic Nailers and staplers that can be used throughout the home to re-make furniture and on various DIY projects. These are the same tools that the professional use in industrial situations, so you know that the tool won’t need to be replaced. A good way to keep items out of landfills is to buy a quality item one time. This makes sure that you don’t buy many cheaper, less effective products over and over. It saves the environment and your wallet as well!
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