Any furniture that is in your home, aging, comes into disrepair, torn upholstery, there are stains, abrasions. It is impossible to sit, it spoils the appearance of the interior. There comes a time when you have to throw it in a landfill or to take away to the country.
Old chairs often are simply created for restoration and new life.
If chair retained strength, he has a strong foundation, hauling furniture - a perfect chance to regain its former beauty interior items. It can last for many years to come.
There is nothing better than to use the worn-out furniture for reincarnation.
Content
- 1 Benefits of creating their own hands
- 2 The correct choice of fabric
- 3 Required tools
- 4 Removing the old upholstery
- 5 Necking process: step by step guide
- 6 How to restore the chair
- 7 How to sew a new cover on the chair
- 8 VIDEO: How to restore the chair with his hands.
- 9 Chairs in the interior of your home - 50 photo-ideas:
Benefits of creating their own hands
We decided on their own to do the old constriction chair and do not buy a new one? Here are a number of benefits, and you will understand why it is necessary to do this work.
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Greatly save the budget. New chair good quality is expensive.
It may be that the chair will not fit into the interior, and you're just wasting your money.
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To cope with the work you can quite on their own. But if in doubt, it is better to invite a specialist.
Padding of chairs with their hands doable.
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You yourself, to your taste, choose accessories and good-quality fabric.
It remains only to find the idea of design and implement it.
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Use imagination, the benefit is now a wide variety of materials - from expensive to cheap.
Even the interior at a low price will allow your furniture look absolutely respectable.
Currently, manufacturers of furniture make products not so strong and soundly as before. Especially if it is inexpensive, it can quickly come into disrepair.
You win that will be able to save the old furniture.
The correct choice of fabric
To choose the right upholstery, you need to take into account some points: compactness upholstery - the cloth It must be sturdy and shape-retaining; have no problems with the laundry; if necessary, easily cleaned with soap solution or a brush.
Usually hauling chair upholstery fabrics being capable to keep the shape.
We list the materials most suitable for leather, but it is easy to scratches and other defects; jacquard - a strong, wear-resistant; flock, velvet - High-quality, does not fade; Chenille - common material, compact, practical; artificial leather - for a long time does not wear out; Tapestry - easy to wash.
The best option is considered jacquard, tapestry, flock, chenille.
Required tools
Having defined the upholstery cloth on chair, Prepare the tools that we need: a sewing machine, staple remover to remove old staples, cardboard, dense, brush, PVA glue, a set of screwdrivers, pliers, Furniture stapler, staples or a hammer and nails, or a centimeter tape measure, scissors, chalk, ruler, pencil.
Tools for necking chairs.
What materials are needed? Firstly, the cloth. Better if it will be a jacquard, tapestry or flock - they are sturdy, strong enough for a long time do not wear out. Before making a purchase, make measurements, plyusuem 15-20 cm on the hem and the height of the upholstery. Secondly, the filler. The most suitable embodiment is a sheet foam of 4-5 cm thick and a density of 30 to 50 kg / m3. It is not suitable bulk materials. Third, padding polyester. It is used as a stabilizer, placed between the fabric and the foam. As it slides easily material, it is stretched in one moment and without wrinkles.
To determine the size of the cut, which is necessary to buy, measure the seat and added 15 - 20 cm on the seam allowances on each side.
Removing the old upholstery
Furniture restoration begins with the dismantling. How to properly remove the old the cloth? The first thing unscrew sidushku - picks up a screwdriver fixture, remove the nails, screws, unscrew, remove the metal plates. Staple or flat screwdriver take out the old guard.
Fasteners piled in a container, it can be useful.
Then inspect the foundation chairIf it is stirred up, it needs to be strengthened - to fill in the cracks with sealant or glue PVA, can gloss over putty, weaknesses tightens. Remove the old upholstery, carefully remove the foam. If you do not throw away the removed the clothUse it as a pattern.
With the seat frame remove the remaining foam and glue.
Necking process: step by step guide
How to win over a chair. The first step is to attach the plywood foam with PVA glue. Perelitsovki seat hold, as soon as the glue dries.
A pattern cut out of foam rubber soft grip.
Apply glue to the foam pads on the underside of the seat and the wooden surface.
The material was then put face down on it - the seat, so that the foam lay on the upholstery, put padding polyester as a layer between the foam and cloth. After the buckle-based material, we pull gently, to avoid creases, attach the furniture stapler.
Cut a length of fabric the desired size. Do not be scared if he is a little more than necessary, as long as no less.
Lay the fabric on a flat surface, face down, top to put down the seat foam.
With stapler secure fabric edge.
Spend a job, not to exceed 2 cm step. excess the cloth cut off. Ready to fix the seat frame - first of all fasten the plate, then the screws.
Turn draped seat and evaluate the results.
Install the seat in place, secure it with screws.
How to restore the chair
repair back chair starting with the frame. Disconnect the parts, remove the old coating, sanded. If there are cracks, fill them with glue with a syringe, can be applied to the plaster. Optional chair repaint in a different color or a lacquer coat. When all parts dry thoroughly, we connect them.
If there is padding on the back, it is necessary to replace the material, and a filler.
First stapler attach the back part of the back, pulling the material from the center to the corners. Then glue the foam front, and fasten the fabric with sewn edging, he covers the staples that they could not be seen. Restoring old furniture, you will not only extend its life.
You have in the house will be an original piece of furniture, which no one else has.
How to sew a new cover on the chair
Chair covers are becoming popular again. It is not only beautiful, but also protects furniture from various contaminants, in particular, from the beloved pets, can be quickly removed and washed. It is better to make a few covers and change the mood.
Sew cover on the chair can any hostess.
To work need about two meters of fabric, needle and thread, scissors, centimeter, pins, a sewing machine, chalk. First, make a pattern, you can use the old cover, do not forget seam allowances and hem.
The most important thing to take into account the thickness of the back and legs, bends them, and how the fabric will shrink after washing.
To plump product "sat", make fasteners in the form of laces, buttons or zippers. The seat and backrest can tailor and sew alone or the whole web.
Sew on individual design, with patience and accuracy.
VIDEO: How to restore the chair with his hands.
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