How to recover a boring office chair

Do you have a boring chair in your office? 

I have instructions for how to

Recover a BORING Office Chair

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

I've had this chair for a long time.  

While it is very comfy, it was not very attractive.  

All it needed was a little makeover!

How to recover an office chair

-Undo the screws in the armrest and seat.

After unscrewing the screws,

the chair pieces come apart.

-Use a sturdy fabric like cotton duck, or even a table cloth, like I did.  

get similar here

-Lay the fabric on the floor and pull

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

-Staple the fabric to the wooden bottom of the chair

using staple gun, similar here.

-Cut holes in the fabric for the screws 

(that the armrest attaches to) to go through.

For the top of the chair, a sewn slipcover would work, 

but I decided to staple the fabric to the wooden back of the chair.

-Carefully tuck and staple the fabric to the back of the chair.  

You can barely see the staples,

but if you'd like you can glue trim over

the top of the staples to hide them.

And that's how to 

Recover an Office Chair 

to take it from drab to fab!