Published on jan 23 2017 this is such an easy and cheap way to dress up or change your decor.
Can you recover bar stools.
Give your bar stools a new life with these step by step instructions for doing a bar stool makeover.
Consider making a slip cover for the back and recover the seat stapling underneath.
Remove the seat from the rest of the bar stool if at all possible.
Let s face it you don t have to purchase a bunch of fabric to recover a bar stool so you re allowed to splurge a little.
Step 6 continue to pull the fabric to the bottom of the bar stool and tack it in place with a staple or nail.
Recover your bar stools step by step.
I invest only one hour of time per bar stool.
If the upholstered bar stool has metal legs wipe them clean and scrape away any chipping paint.
Remove your bar stool seats mine just pop right out you may need to remove yours with a screwdriver or drill.
I am using a high quality velvet fabric with a luxurious touch.
Lay your fabric face down on a flat surface.
Now you have finished reupholstering your first bar stool.
This way you can finish and paint the legs.
Just pick out your fabric upholstery fabric about 1 yd for each bar stool should be enough get.
The longer they sat in our basement though the more i considered attempting to give them a second life.
Step one i combined a few simple actions in step one.
If the stool has wooden legs use sandpaper to finish and smooth down the surface of the legs and to remove any unwanted paint.
Flip the stool as you tack to verify the fabric or vinyl remains flat on the seat.
After redoing our kitchen last fall i had originally planned to just get rid of these bar stools.
Divide the bar stool seat in quarters visually and tack one section of fabric or vinyl to the bottom of the stool from each quarter using a staple or nail.
You just need to repeat the process with the remaining stools and you will have what looks like brand new stools.
If you encounter an excess fabric you may want to trim it down after you ve tightly secured it to the stool.
See the how to reupholster results at the end of the video.