How to update an old armchair with your own hands?

The easiest way to update the situation in the apartment is to alter or "change" the old piece of furniture. Why not come up with how to update the old chair , giving him a new life.

How to make a chair at home from an old chair?

In the work we take an old chair, preferably with armrests. For finishing you need foam rubber, special plaits, a little burlap, sintepon, batting. A rough thick fabric is useful for the template workpiece. For the upholstery, you need a rich looking material (for example, velvet), you can not do without a furniture pistol, tailor's chalk, aerosol glue, staples and furniture buttons .

1. We start from the bottom: it should be not only soft, but also the correct configuration. On the carcass of the seat, we pull on the tows, which are fixed with a special gun on the frame from the back side.
2. The next step is laying the soft part in such a sequence: sintepon, layer of sacking, foam rubber. Make a fabric pattern: attach the fabric to the base of the future chair, circle the outlines with chalk. Using the workpiece, cut the burlap and sintepon (with a margin of 5-10 cm).
3. Sacking will close the plaits in the upper and lower parts, followed by a sintepon, foam rubber and again a layer of sintepon, which must be sewn to the frame. Each layer of the "pie" is treated with aerosol glue.

How to update an old armchair at home?

How to update the chair in the home and make it more aesthetically appealing? The upholstery will help in this.

1. Attach the facing fabric to the seat so that the edges are completely covered by the "pie".
2. From below, the fabric is shot against the wooden frame. Do big gaps. As the folds are aligned, the fastener pitch is increased.
3. Difficulties will cause the design of connection points with armrests and corners. You need to sew the fabric according to the principle of attachment.
4. The back will also be soft with a kapiton-style upholstery, where the buttons will sit deep. Get an ideally smooth surface is difficult, and this approach disguises all the shortcomings. The soft blank for the backrest is made in the same way as the seat. In the foam rubber holes for screws are cut, then there is a layer of batting with holes in the same places. Then the edges of the fine synthon are shot. Do not forget about the glue between the layers.
5. Cutting facing fabric with a margin of several centimeters, on the wrong side is made markings and holes for the buttons. Fasten the buttons, cut off excess fabric.
6. To the back of the back, the fabric is fixed by fastening the "clamp-grip", decorative carnations or by hand.
7. Spectacular armchair is ready!