Turn your chair into an original work of art

I’m sure you’ve been in the situation where you have something that you don’t necessarily hate but that doesn’t completely make you happy and you wished you could have done something to change that. Let’s resume for now at furniture pieces, more exactly chairs. Here’s how you can transform a mediocre chair into an attractive and bold piece that you’ll love.

This chair was originally a knock-off Eames lounger that wasn’t really the type of chair its owner would like. It was a little too fancy and it was a knock-off so the owner decided to change that. He also has a matching ottoman that was in the same situation. So in a Saturday he decided to work on that. He decided to skip the piping and focus only on the upholstery.

For that he used the fabric of a hammock he had laying around. He didn’t share with us the actual process of transforming the chair but I can fill you up on that. First remove the original fabric, leather or whatever upholstery the chair has. If the chair is made of several parts, take them apart and work with one at the time. Measure each part and then cut a piece of fabric to cover it with. You can sew the new fabric or use a staple gun. If the chair had buttons, just remove them and cover them with the same type of fabric. When you’re done put everything back together. If you’re not happy with the frame you can also repaint it. You can do this by yourself and it only takes a few hours. At the end you’ll have an original chair and you’ll be the one to make it.{found on rearrangeddesign}