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September 6, 2010

Craft Room Chair


I don't think I've told you, but I'm working on vamping up my craft room.  It's in the works.  But the chair is done, and I LOVE it!!  I found the basic office chair at a thrift store and redid it:
WOW, right?!  What a difference paint and fabric can make!!  Did you know these kind of chair could come apart - I wasn't sure, but they do.
After taking off the seats, I spraypainted everything else.  It's a plastic chair, so I was sure to use the spraypaint specially designed for plastics (I used Krylon Fusion for plastics in red).  My husband was skeptical of paint sticking to plastic (he's a plastics engineer) but it worked great!
Then I wrapped my fabric around the seat parts and stapled it to the back.  I didn't even take off the old fabric - just wrapped over it all.
Then screw it all back together and you're done.  The chair went from "drab" to "fab" (my model was begging to sit on it for a picture) - I really love it! 



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Mandy BeyelerAbout the Author
Mandy is a Craft Blogger who enjoys all things DIY - she feels that if she can do something, you can too, and provides tutorials to help you along the way. She enjoys being a mom to 4 awesome kiddos and blogs from the Kansas City area. Please add her to your circles. You can also find her on and

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73 comments:

  1. I LOVE that fabric! Great chair redo!

    Hannah @ http://youngancrafty.blogspot.com/

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  3. Adorable!!! Love the bright, happy colors!

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  4. I have chair that needs to be redone. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  5. That looks amazing! I think I'm going to have to revamp my son's desk chair after seeing your awesome upgrade!

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  7. It looks sooooo much better- much more appropriate for a craft room!

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  8. Yeah! It turned out great Mandy! Glad you found it and took it apart. And what a gorgeous model!

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  10. It looks so great! I love the paint/fabric combination.

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  11. Okay, I'm totally scoping out the thrift stores for a chair now. That's perfect!

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  12. That is sooo neat!! REally turned out fabulous!!

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  13. What an update. I love it. Make crafting even that more inspireing. Great job!!

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  14. So jealous of those reupholstering skills. I'm inspired to work on some chairs here at the house that could really use some help now!

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  15. Oooh, girl! That's looks awesome! I reupholstered my daughter's chair when I did her room makeover (http://thespeckleddog.blogspot.com/2010/08/while-she-was-out-part-three.html), but I didn't think to paint the plastic parts! I just love the fabric and color you chose.

    ~ The Speckled Dog

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  16. LUCKY GIRL... can't wait to see it all..... LOVE THE CHAIR, the red is so fab. well done. Jen

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  17. What a fantastic iedea! I am so going to do this!!

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  18. That is sooo cute!! I LOVE the colors you chose, especially the fabric!
    Visiting from justsewsassy.com

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  19. Ok, seriously, that turned out fantastic!!!

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  20. Love it! What a huge difference! My sister is working on a craft room and picked out that same fabric! I also redid a rocking chair with that fabric and painted it red, you and I must have the same taste! :)

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  21. Wow - what a great before/after! I see those chairs around all the time and never thought to paint and recover one! Loooove it. Happy to be your newest follower!

    ~ www.billiemonster.com ~

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  22. This is going to be my next project! Way to give new life to what was an old, boring office chair. AWESOME!

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  23. I love that fabric! And the red is so bright and fun! Great Job!

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  25. So cute!! I just bought some fabric to redo a craft room chair too!! Can't wait!

    Katie P
    Food, Wine, & Mod Podge

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  26. oooh, I love it! I have a chair I want to redo, also, but never thought of dismantling and painting it first! Thank you for sharing the inspiration!!!

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  27. Wow is right! Love what you did to that ugly chair. Saw this on Oops I Craft My Pants and had to leave a comment cause it is so stinkin cute.

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  28. I absolutely love this chair! Very nice & great way to update a chair! Love your choice of fabric too.

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  29. That's super cute! I love your fabric choice!

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  30. I would love to have you join me tomorrow over at our Sassy Sites blog party! It's our Feature YOU Friday! Come by and check it out! xoxo

    Marni
    @ Sassy Sites!

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  31. That is one amazing transformaiton. I usually cringe at those chairs, but yours is fabulous!

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  32. I love the way your chair turned out! I didn't know you could take office chairs apart like that, I have two in my house that I would LOVE to update with new fabric and paint. Thanks for sharing :)

    Jennifer

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  33. Can't believe it, except I see all the proof with your pics. WOW,, I know sooo simple but who would have thought to do it. My son ha that nasty looking chair in hi room right now, how exciting that I can turn it into something cool, with just a few steps. Thanks for your AWESOME tutorial, and if you have the urge to link up to just one more party, I have a new one over at my place. :) Thanks again!!!!

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  35. I never would have thought to spruce up a normal black chair like that. Thank you for the great idea. Now if they would only make those chairs more comfortable =)

    http://lilisbuzz.blogspot.com

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  36. Very nice makeover, the fabric is beautiful!

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  37. Gorgeous color & luv the fabric.

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  38. That looks FANTASTIC! I gotta' get me some of that spray paint for plastic:) And I LOVE that fabric- very cute re-do!

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  39. I'm in love the color combo's! Would have never thought to do that to one of those chairs - thanks for sharing!

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  40. I want to try this on a chair in my son's room that is just like that chair. Thanks for sharing!

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  41. brillant! love the color combo.

    i bet creative projects just naturally flow sitting in that chair now!

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  42. We love this party link and I wanted to let you know that we are planning on featuring it. We hope that you get a bunch of new visitors.
    www.remodelaholic.com

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  43. OMG! You just made me the happiest gal alive. We recently renovated our home office and I tried to get my husband to use a handsome wooden chair for his desk space, but he insisted it wasn't comfortable enough. So, I let him bring his old office chair back in. But, now I see I can give it a facelift to match the other chair and table cloth in our office! Oh happy day. Thanks for sharing.

    Brittany
    http://www.prettyhandygirl.com

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  44. Hi!

    I am wanting to recover my office chair but am afraid I will break the back if I yank too hard. Did yours come off easily? Do you have any tips?

    Thanks!
    Erin

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  45. As I sit here blogging on a ripped office chair I rejoice in glee and I have a new project for the hubby & me! How cute is this rhyme! Thanks for this fabulous idea! I am putting it on my to do list.

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  46. Had to come and say how cute this is! Love your fabric and the colour combo.....

    So pretty!!!

    :)
    Sarah

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  47. Love that fabric it goes so nicely with the new coat of paint. Great redo of your chair. Please stop over to my blog for my Show Of Sunday Party. I would love for you to share your fabulous chair with my followers.

    http://houseofthriftydecor.blogspot.com/2010/09/show-off-sunday-party.html

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  48. I love the red and the fabric! Great job.

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  49. That fabric is great! And I love that you proved your hubby wrong about the paint sticking!! (;

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  50. I have the same exact black chair!! You have inspired me, I want to go fix it now!

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  51. WOW! Just clicked over from Crafting with the Stars. I shouldn't be surprised this linked me to you, you alway do AH-mazing stuff. Good luck on the competition. I just entered too! Fingers crossed.

    Just Another Day in Paradise

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  52. Soooooooooooooo fabulous. For real.

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  53. Stopping by from the Sewing/Craft room party...I had no idea that the chairs like this could come apart. I think my leopard print chair from college is getting a makeover soon!

    Alison
    http://welcomesunshinehome.blogspot.com/

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  55. I just spotted this on CSI, and I KNEW I'd seen it before. Mandy, you have the best eye.

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  56. LOVE the fabric and the color! Such a great redo. Just came across your blog and I'm a new follower.

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  57. This looks great. I have a chair very similar - except it has lost it's backrest, but after seeing how great your chair looks, I'm going to try to cover mine also! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  58. oh my gosh, how great is this redo/!?!?!?! love it. how did the paint hold up?

    ps found you while googling "chair redo"

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  59. WOW! I would never (have never) thought of this! What a FANTASTIC idea! Your chair turned out gorgeous... and that model... what a cutie!

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  60. I love it! I'm so totally doing this to my craft room chair. Couple of questions - 1) how much yardage did you need? 2) How did you paint the wheel covers without painting the wheels?

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  63. Love it Mandy! :) Thanks for linking up to OMTWI! :)

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  64. I love this and hope its ok.. I Pinned it!

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  65. Thank you so much for the great idea! My craft chair needs a facelift after reading this!

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  66. Wow and double wow!!! This is just what I need! I'd love wheels at my machine and the usual ones are just so ugly. Can't wait to have a go - thanks! P.S. found you from PR&P. Good luck!

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  67. This is fantastic! The colors are beautiful. Great job! I shared this on my blog too: http://www.vixenmade.com/2012/04/amazing-home-decor-makeovers.html

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  68. As I sit here in a chair just like that one I got inspired. This is a must do project as soon as the move is over in a couple of weeks.

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  69. As I sit here in a chair just like that one I got inspired. This is a must do project as soon as the move is over in a couple of weeks.

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  70. Ooh ooh ooh, ah! I so need to redo my chair now. It is a used one with a corner missing in the seat fabric and so needs a redo. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  71. I recently redid a desk chair like that for my daughter but I used duct tape, it turned out really cute, using the duct tape with cupcake print on it and it was super easy.

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  72. ok, so two years later, how did the paint hold up??? I was just planning out painting and revamping MY office chair!! Different design...

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