Mid-Century Modern Chair Reupholstery

[@richarde1355]

Great job and detail! Way more involved than I ever thought it would be.

[@OrganizeCreateDecorate]

Oh, my, gosh! What an amazing find! I'm jealous. I would love to replace my farmhouse table from our last home with an MCM dining set. Though I do have one and have restored the table and working on the chairs, it's too small for our space. You did a wonderful job reupholstering the chairs.

[@ViktoriyaCole]

Thanks for sharing. It helped me guide me with my own project. The only critique that I have is the bottom. I would’ve prob covered it with black upholstery fabric to cover the lines and the wood. But overall great job 🙌🏻

[@05sunkissed]

Wow! Thanks for making a video where it's done properly!!

[@susangage9140]

Excellently done

[@liddlemountain7245]

Great tutorial!

[@eelnoops5200]

I'm reupholstering a Benny Linden rocking chair and am trying to figure out what thickness of foam to use for the seat. (All of the original upholstery and foam were stripped off when the chair came to me, so I have nothing original to go from.) Do you recall the thickness of the foam that you used to replace the seat foam? It looks like it might be about 1" thick.

[@kathryngarnett3067]

This has given inspiration for our mid century chairs. When you did the back of the chairs what did you lay the material over please?

[@MotherDaughterProjectsDIY]

For the backs, I turned under the edges of the back pieces and hot glued them into place on the back. (I initially used glue but found hot glue worked better.) So there is nothing between the back fabric and the wood of the chair. Hope that helps. ~Vicki

[@omaratassi6697]

Great Video....Thank You!

[@bobsort]

it has been 3 years, are those wood glues you have used for holding the back textile still in place?

[@MotherDaughterProjectsDIY]

Yes! Everything is still in place, no issues! ~Vicki

[@zizoumonk10]

Beautiful work

[@MichaelRobinson-vw7pi]

Snazzy video ladies...great job keep coming 😃🌎🔨🔧

[@MotherDaughterProjectsDIY]

Thanks Michael!

[@jesseburch7063]

I have a very similar chair that I'm trying to recover with leatherette. How did you account for the curve of the seat?

[@MotherDaughterProjectsDIY]

Good question. I did cut the fabric larger than the actual seat to account for the height of the seat foam, but other than that, nothing special. There are three layers of 1/2” batting under the foam that helps to fill in the curve. -Vicki

[@jontyhowe4284]

This is helpful, can I ask why you used batting under the foam on the seat instead of vice-versa?

[@MotherDaughterProjectsDIY]

I wanted the foam to roll over the edge rather than the batting.

[@traycee2404]

nice job

[@tiffanyengstromrobinaugh4192]

was this 2inch thick foam?

[@MotherDaughterProjectsDIY]

We actually used 1/2" foam. The entire list of materials is on our website post if you want to take a look at it. ~Vicki

[@mmiller303]

Y'all look super fun, but this is one of those videos that leaves out about 7 steps in between each nice little sound bite. You spent about as much time showing how to put batteries in a compressor, plug in a stapler and turn it on as each of the far more important steps. Less B roll and more details please!