Cane Chair Makeover
I found this set of icky chairs at a garage sale last month for $40, they were really insanely ugly, the color, the fabric…yuck! But we all know, it doesn’t take much to transform it from trash to treasure!
You will need:
- Staple Gun
- Screwdriver
- Fabric (IKEA ‘Barnslig’)
- Latex Primer
- Indoor/Outdoor Latex paint
Upholster the seat cushion:
1. Unscrew the cushion.
2. Cut fabric around cushion (add about 2 inch). I used 2 fabrics, the white fabric blocks the old pattern, that kind of showed through the striped fabric.
3. Staple fabric to the bottom of your cushion. *Always start to staple on one side and then staple the opposite site, to make sure, you won’t have rinkles.*
Paint the chair:
1. The chair had this dark green color, so I decided to prime it first.
2. 2 layers of white paint.
3. Let dry for a couple of hours.
If you don’t like the cane in the back, here is a great tutorial on how to upholster on top of the cane.
More cool upholstery projects:
…Deep tufted high back sofa/booth with Swarovski Studs (this is for inspiration, they don’t even write the price,lol)
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I heart that chair!! Fab job!! That fabric makes it…seriously!! Love the stripes!!
Great Chair! You have a terrific eye-most people would have passed this piece on by.
Your chair re-do is so AWESOME! i love the fabric-it is so bright and cheerful! funny how similar our chair styles are and that we both painted them white and used bright fabric! love it!
Yours too! I really should be packing though;-)
Okay, what the heck, everything I see keeps getting CUTER and CUTER!
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Wonderful before and after — love the fabric.
I had a question with regards to the paint you used (Painter’s touch). I actually bought the glossy verion in bright yellow for painting some of my own furniture and I have to say I am really dissapointed. When I used the foam roller, the paint starts bubbling up and the bubbles remain! I actually had to pass over first with the paint, wait a couple of second and then roll over again without any paint to flatten out the bubbles.
Did you have a similar experience?
I am not sure what to do as I bought the paint for other furniture as well…
Thanks!
I used a brush. Maybe you should exchange the paint, it might be old:-(