What you'll need to reupholster a chair:
- Camera
- Armless chair
- Pliers
- Box cutter and seam ripper
- Marking pen
- 1/2-inch-thick bonded polyester batting
- Staple gun and staples, about 3/8-inch
- Upholstery fabric (we used approximately 5 yards)
- Chalk
- Measuring tape
- Upholstery weight thread
- 5/32-inch welt cord or purchased welting
- Upholstery tacks
- Upholstery needles
- 1-inch-wide cardboard strip
- Tack strips
- Hammer and rubber bands
- Kraft paper
- Lightweight woven lining fabric
- Black fine-woven fabric
- Two 1-inch buttons to cover
- Perfect Glue #1 or other fabric adhesive
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