Chair restoration

I have had a chair in my dacha for a long time, since my grandmother’s time. I always really liked it, and then I came up with a plan for its restoration. Moreover, recently “vintage” has become increasingly important. Then I decided to take it home and update it.

Will need

So, for work we need:

Stain (you can choose the color that suits you);
Furniture varnish (we used varnish in a can);
Screwdriver;
Upholstery material furniture (we used curtain material);
Foam rubber (to give the seats a softer and thicker covering);
Construction stapler;
Wooden shield;
Wood glue;
Drill;
Vibratory sander.

We move on to a complete restoration of the chair

1. First you need to disassemble the chair.

During our disassembly, it became clear that one part of the legs consists of chipboard and over time it dried out and began to crumble. This part could not be restored. We decided to replace it with a wooden furniture panel.

2. Now we need to sand all these parts. This is the longest and most difficult process. Be patient. We removed the varnish from the parts using a special iron attachment on a drill.And then, the train was cleaned with a machine until the natural color of the wood appeared.

3. Then we cut out the parts of the shape we need from the construction board and cover all other parts with stain.

We chose a dark color. Now we wait 5-6 hours until the stain dries completely. After this, we cover them with furniture varnish.

We really wanted to preserve the effect of natural wood, so we did not achieve a thick and shiny layer of varnish. The drying time of the varnish is approximately 22 hours to a day, it depends on the thickness of the coating.

4. After all the parts have dried, we begin to assemble the legs. To do this, we needed to drill holes in the new parts in order to connect them with the rest of the parts.

Then, using furniture glue, we connect all the parts together and leave for 3 hours for the glue to dry.

5. Let's start covering the seat of the chair itself. We remove the old covering and take out all the nails and staples. We left the old foam rubber because it didn't deteriorate much.

Our goal is to make the chair more voluminous, so we cut out new foam and placed it on top of the old one.

We cut off the corners of the new foam rubber so that the edges are not very straight, but slightly rounded.

Afterwards, we sew the old foam rubber to the new one so that it does not walk or move inside the chair.

6. Now you can cover the seat with material. Our chair does not have a complex geometric shape, so we were able to successfully cover it in one piece, without resorting to sewing. Gently stretching it using a construction stapler, we sew it to the frame of the chair.