How to recane a chair seat

Are you wondering how to recover a chair with new fabric? This beginner-intermediate reupholstery project is for you!Let’s get started! thrifted antique victo…

Have you ever wanted to know how to reupholster a chair seat but you have no idea what you're doing. Yeah me too! I have never taken an upholstery class but I c

I have my dad's rocker approx 80 yrs old. I needs recaning it looks like it wraps around there is no groove for a spline. Not sure how to fix it.

If you have damaged seats (caned or rush) but love the chairs, you can renew them. Duct tape on mine was unattractive so I went with recycled belts…

Let me show you how to repair a rush seat no matter what shape or what type of fiber you want to use because my tips and tricks will help.

Look at my poor, sad rocking chair. We brought it over to the new house so we'd have something to sit in and one day one of the strips of cane popped, then another and another and within a day or two it looked like this. I have had this chair since the Bicentennial, which happened to be the year Emily was born. A friend of my mother gave me her old Boston rocker when Andy was born, so I could rock my baby. It was a medieval torture machine. Every time you rocked back one of the spindles…

Wondering how to upholster a chair seat? Upholstering your chair's seat pads is an easy task that can be done quickly! Find out how to do it here.

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Let's be honest - most woodworkers don't enjoy doing repairs. I don't even like repairing something I've built, let alone working on someone else's stuff. But I seem to have a soft spot for people who bring me broken down dining chairs. (I suppose a therapist could explain that to me!) This is the second chair in this set that I've repaired - and by far, it was in the worst shape. Every single joint on the chair was broken - but what's worse - someone stepped on the seat and broke the…

Welcome to my fabric chair seat weaving post! About a year ago, I decided that I had too many ladder back chairs in my shop, Dwellings. Most needed work and because I have an affinity for old chairs, they kept multiplying. One day I decided to try my hand at weaving a seat, but I began with a small stool. Before: Poor thing After: My first attempt It wasn't great, but when one of our favorite customers purchased it, that inspired me, and I began the journey of fabric weaving not having a…

I actually completed this chair months ago (some of you may even remember I posted a sneak peek on Facebook) and have just been waiting for some spare time to sit down and write the tutorial and share

How to Reupholster a Chair Seat

Broken chair seats are part of the adventure when restoring thrifted and vintage furniture. Here is a quick and easy fix for a broken chair seat.

It makes me crazy when I see perfectly good stuff in the trash! This time, I picked up a chair that had been tossed to the curb.

Chairs with machine-woven cane are easy to repair. Look at the seat. Does a band of wood on all four sides frame the cane? And is there a “ribbon” between the c

Do you have dining chairs with sagging seats? Learn how to fix and re-cover them with this detailed step by step visual tutorial!

I used the technique for weaving a rush chair seat to make a chair seat using old jeans. The antique ladderback chair is just the right hei...

I love how this turned out!

Don't be scared of having a go at recovering that old armchair. If you take it slow and steady it's not as scary as you think!

How to weave and reclaim a hemp seat on a chair