Consider making a slip cover for the back and recover the seat stapling underneath.
Can you recover bar stools.
It looks like this will be a difficult task as you can see the entire back of the stool.
The longer they sat in our basement though the more i considered attempting to give them a second life.
If the stool has wooden legs use sandpaper to finish and smooth down the surface of the legs and to remove any unwanted paint.
Recover your bar stools step by step.
Just pick out your fabric upholstery fabric about 1 yd for each bar stool should be enough get.
Step one i combined a few simple actions in step one.
This way you can finish and paint the legs.
After redoing our kitchen last fall i had originally planned to just get rid of these bar stools.
Lay your fabric face down on a flat surface.
Give your bar stools a new life with these step by step instructions for doing a bar stool makeover.
If you encounter an excess fabric you may want to trim it down after you ve tightly secured it to the stool.
Flip the stool as you tack to verify the fabric or vinyl remains flat on the seat.
You could try to recover on top of existing.
You just need to repeat the process with the remaining stools and you will have what looks like brand new stools.
I invest only one hour of time per bar stool.
If the upholstered bar stool has metal legs wipe them clean and scrape away any chipping paint.
Published on jan 23 2017 this is such an easy and cheap way to dress up or change your decor.
See the how to reupholster results at the end of the video.
Remove the seat from the rest of the bar stool if at all possible.
Now you have finished reupholstering your first bar stool.
Let s face it you don t have to purchase a bunch of fabric to recover a bar stool so you re allowed to splurge a little.
Divide the bar stool seat in quarters visually and tack one section of fabric or vinyl to the bottom of the stool from each quarter using a staple or nail.
I am using a high quality velvet fabric with a luxurious touch.