re-covering kitchen chairs

gorjush

hi ladies, i'm new here! nice to meet you.

i need some advice... I bought a cheapie kitchen table/chair set online, and it's pretty decent except for the chair seat coverings which are this gross thin microfiber fabric.

so i want to recover the seats and bought some great fabric that i want to use for the project. but i wasn't sure if i should just recover the fabric as it is or if i should first remove the old fabric / staples and then cover it.

thanks in advance for your input!

Mandy6585

Hi!  I just did some chairs that I inherited from a family member.  I took off the cover and staples to find the chairs had already been recovered once before, emerald green underneath that nice tan color!   The green was in such good shape and I didn't want to add any extra padding so I ended up going with just covering over the green.  I think as long as what's going underneath is clean you'd be fine just covering.  Good luck!

apugglesmom

I typically don't take off the old fabric. I might just be lazy, but it looks just fine putting the new fabric right over it.

Callmefia

Its really up to you. I pulled everything off my second hand chairs and added new foam padding to make them more plush and then put batting on and then my fabric.

Of course, being that they were second hand, it kind of reduced the "gross" factor and also my fabric was a lighter color and I didn't want the old fabric to show through.

 

gorjush

thanks ladies!

edwardschristina87

We repainted our house a few days back and so we had to change the look on our dining table as well. We went in to buy the table cloths and chair covers from sculptwareonline and trust me it is just awesome.