How to restore a chair with your own hands

Almost every house where several generations of households live, there are obsolete furniture sets. Old wooden chairs, worn by time, but having an original design, often become a family heirloom. They can not be thrown out by hand, but they do not always fit into the updated interior.

chairs In such a situation, there are no other options, except how to renew the old chair. What exactly can be done to give a second life to rare furniture?

Possible options for restoring old chairs

1. Treatment, restoration and painting of a wooden base.
2. Pulling or replacing soft parts( seats and soft backs).
3. Decoupage, painting or other decoration.

Examples of how you can restore the chair yourself

How to restore an old chair with a varnished( or painted) base and a soft seat?

What should I stock? Sandpaper( large and small).Stapler with staples( construction).

Paint( acrylic or other quick-drying).

Varnish for surface treatment of wooden parts.

Solvent.

Adhesive for wood( or universal).

Brush.

Scissors.

Marker.

Technical fabric( flannel).

Upholstery fabric.

Foam filler.

Step-by-step instruction

1. Remove the old soft seat.
2. Remove the old varnish-colored coating with a large sandpaper.
3. Fine sand the grinded surface.
4. Paint prepared wooden chair part.
5. Allow to dry completely.
6. Dilute the lacquer with a solvent in a 1: 1 ratio.
7. Open the well-dried surface of the chair with a varnish, using a brush.
8. Allow to dry completely.
9. Place the old seat on the foam rubber.
10. Circle its outline with a marker.
11. Cut out the blank of the new soft seat with the scissors.
12. Fold the old seat, foam blank and flannel fabric.
13. Wrap the edges of the fabric and secure it to the seat with a stapler and staples.
14. Cut a piece of the same shape from the upholstery fabric as the seat + 10-15cm for the allowances.
15. Turn off the overlapping edges and sweep.
16. Pull the upholstery on the seat, fixing the fabric in the corners. Watch for a uniform tension, fixing all edges with a construction stapler.
17. Renew the seat to a completely dry chair with glue or small nails.
18. Everything. You can use your new-old chair.

In case you have a chair with a soft back, the latter is restored in the same way as the seat.

How to restore a wooden lacquered chair?

What should I stock?

• Acetone.
• Sponge for household purposes.
• Brush.

The process itself

1. Apply solvent to the sponge.
2. Treat all stool surfaces by removing the old varnish.
3. Use a brush to open the chair with a new varnish.
4. Allow to dry.
5. The chair is updated. You can use.

Subtleties

1. For sealing small damage to wooden parts, you can use putty made by yourself: flour + PVA adhesive. This mixture should be as thick as plasticine.
2. To refresh the color of wood, use a stain( it can be of different shades), fixing it with furniture varnish, because the stain will smear clothes.

Other ideas for restoring old chairs

How to restore a chair should be decided on the basis of its condition, the available materials planned for this action of the means, as well as your imagination and creativity. Here are some of the possible variations.

• "Aging" of the wooden part of the chair by applying a varnish varnish between two layers of acrylic paint of different colors. In the upper layer of the paint, cracks are formed, through which the contrasting lower layer is visible.

• Decoupage or painting. The description of decoupage techniques you can easily find on the Internet, painting, in general, the matter of your taste and imagination. To apply the original drawings, use a brush and acrylic paints. Before this, the surface of the chair must be cleaned of the old coating, plastered, sanded and painted with a paint-base. Painted details should be opened with a varnish, then the product will last longer.

• Update old chairs with what is available( leather belts, old jeans, fur vests, etc.).The results of this non-standard approach are presented in the photo.

• Restoration in the style of "ethno".The same preparation and painting. Only in the painting there are ethnic patterns and ornaments that are easier to apply with the help of stencils. This chair can also be decorated with elements of weaving in the technique of "macrame" on the auxiliary membranes or on the legs of the chair. You can also weave or tie the backrest and liner for the upholstery of the seat.

• Application of covers. It can be as author's seat covers, and covers, hiding almost the entire chair completely. There really is where to go for creative people. Original models, embroidery, knitting, etc., - all will be welcome.

In addition, it should be remembered that the new-old chair should fully fit into the surrounding environment. Choose paint and upholstery materials that are in harmony with the walls of the room and other pieces of furniture.