Office Chair Upholstery Upgrade

   I'm good at very few things, but the list of things I enjoy are endless. It's quite possible no sewing reupholstery might become one of those things.

   This lame office chair went from dirty and drab to clean and neat. You know, I could have chosen a patterned fabric which would look cute, but my desk is teal so keeping the fabric simple was best for me.

Here's what I started with.

I took it completely apart. The four bolts where the only thing keeping the seat to the legs.

The round part unscrewed to take the bar off the back and seat. I couldn't get that tiny metal plat off so I have to work around it and stuff the fabric under it with a flathead screwdriver. 

Staple gun ready I stretch the fabric over the only fabric. If you need to add or replace the padding I suggest taking out all the staples to remove old fabric.

I decided to spray paint the base an antique copper color when I had it detached to freshen up the look. What was a pain is that the back separated and became two halves to cover with fabric. Once I pulled them apart I lost a lot of the nails holding the two sides together. I'll have to find some small nails to add to it to keep the halves attached to each other.

Other than that....not bad for my first upholstery project ever.