How to recover a boring office chair

I am so excited to share my
recovered office chair.

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I had the most boring, ugly office chair.
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It was comfy but very utilitarian.
Nothing pretty to look at!!

I've had her for a long time and she is very comfy,

 but not very attractive.  

So I decided she was a diamond in the rough 

and just needed a little polish!

There are 4 screws in the arm rest 

that hold the chair together.  

There are 2 for the back of the chair and 2 for the seat. 

They just unscrew and the chair comes apart.  

I was going to try to take the fake leather off, 

but it was sewn on, so I decided to put new fabric right over the top.

For the fabric, I wanted to use something very sturdy.

So I used a table cloth I picked up at Home Goods.

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Starting with the seat, 

I laid the fabric on the floor and pulled

the fabric tightly around the seat on all of the sides.

Then stapled the fabric right to the chair bottom

using my handy dandy staple gun.

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I cut little holes through the fabric for the screws 

(that the armrest attaches to) to go through.

The top was a little trickier. 

I wasn't sure how I was going to attach the fabric or hide the staples.  

I was going to sew a slipcover, but then I discovered that the back of the chair is 

being supported by a piece of plywood.  

Perfect to attach to with staples.

So I carefully tucked and stapled 

all the way around the back of the chair.  

One can barely notice the staples at all.  

At some point I may go back and glue some trim over them, 

but for now, they are fine.

And there she is. 

So much better.  She is beautiful and comfy now!

 April 2017- 

Edited to add:  I use this chair every day and it 

looks just as good now as it did when I originally did it.  It has held up perfectly!  

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