As I suspected Upholstering is hard. Seems likely that this is why it's costs hundreds of dollars to have someone do it right.
I bought this chair for $20 off of Kijiji. (steal!) I kind of liked it as is but the chair was covered in vinyl and a bit grungy so I thought it might be an easy first attempt and upholstering.
I'm 80% pleased with the final product. Maybe, just maybe I'll try it again someday.
I bought this chair for $20 off of Kijiji. (steal!) I kind of liked it as is but the chair was covered in vinyl and a bit grungy so I thought it might be an easy first attempt and upholstering.
Before:
I had to carefully remove the upholstery tacks so I could reuse them. I pulled off the vinyl removing as many of the staples as possible.
Then I lay batting then hot glued the edges and trimmed.
After:
The fabric wasn't my first choice and I stood in the fabric store for about 45 minutes pondering. I originally wanted blue velvet but the only had this weird crushed velvet which I thought was potentially far to pimp-like. I settled on this tweedy wool instead.
Cutting the Fabric to exactly the right size was a bit tricky. As was getting the fabric tight enough to not show ripples. I did my best. I reused the upholstery tacks to finish it off.
I'm 80% pleased with the final product. Maybe, just maybe I'll try it again someday.