Chair restoration

I have had a chair in my dacha for a long time, since my grandmother’s time. I always really liked it, and then I came up with a plan for its restoration. Moreover, recently “vintage” has become increasingly important. Then I decided to take it home and update it.

for work we need

Will need

So, for work we need:

  • Stain (you can choose the color that suits you);
  • Furniture varnish (we used varnish in a can);
  • Screwdriver;
  • Upholstery material furniture (we used curtain material);
  • Foam rubber (to give the seats a softer and thicker covering);
  • Construction stapler;
  • Wooden shield;
  • Wood glue;
  • Drill;
  • Vibratory sander.
we will need

We move on to a complete restoration of the chair

1. First you need to disassemble the chair.

the chair needs to be disassembled

During our disassembly, it became clear that one part of the legs consists of chipboard and over time it dried out and began to crumble. This part could not be restored. We decided to replace it with a wooden furniture panel.

2. Now we need to sand all these parts. This is the longest and most difficult process. Be patient. We removed the varnish from the parts using a special iron attachment on a drill.And then, the train was cleaned with a machine until the natural color of the wood appeared.

cleaned with a machine
machine train

3. Then we cut out the parts of the shape we need from the construction board and cover all other parts with stain.

cut out the details
cover the parts with stain

We chose a dark color. Now we wait 5-6 hours until the stain dries completely. After this, we cover them with furniture varnish.

wait until it dries

We really wanted to preserve the effect of natural wood, so we did not achieve a thick and shiny layer of varnish. The drying time of the varnish is approximately 22 hours to a day, it depends on the thickness of the coating.

4. After all the parts have dried, we begin to assemble the legs. To do this, we needed to drill holes in the new parts in order to connect them with the rest of the parts.

cover the parts with stain

Then, using furniture glue, we connect all the parts together and leave for 3 hours for the glue to dry.

5. Let's start covering the seat of the chair itself. We remove the old covering and take out all the nails and staples. We left the old foam rubber because it didn't deteriorate much.

Removing the old coating

Our goal is to make the chair more voluminous, so we cut out new foam and placed it on top of the old one.

cut out new foam

We cut off the corners of the new foam rubber so that the edges are not very straight, but slightly rounded.

We cut off the corners of the new foam rubber

Afterwards, we sew the old foam rubber to the new one so that it does not walk or move inside the chair.

did not move inside the chair

6. Now you can cover the seat with material. Our chair does not have a complex geometric shape, so we were able to successfully cover it in one piece, without resorting to sewing. Gently stretching it using a construction stapler, we sew it to the frame of the chair.

you can cover the seat with material
we sew with the help of a construction stapler
sew it to the chair frame
How to fit

7. Now we just have to assemble the chair and secure the remaining material.

Ready!

DIY chair restoration
we restore the chair ourselves
Here is the result of the restoration

Now we have a vintage item in our house.And in my opinion the chair began to look amazing.

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Comments (2)
  1. Oksana
    #1 Oksana Guests 8 August 2013 13:07
    6
    Gorgeous chair! I love it when old things are not thrown away, but given a second chance :)
  2. Maksim
    #2 Maksim Guests 11 July 2016 23:17
    18
    Everything is fine, but there was no need to cut the corners of the foam rubber. Pull it harder and there would be rounded edges, but the edges turned out chopped.