{"id":3272,"date":"2017-06-03T20:47:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T01:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kovifabrics.com\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2023-06-12T12:09:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T17:09:54","slug":"reupholster-chair-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reupholster a Chair Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve covered how to take care of a chair seat. You may also want to tackle a chair\u2019s back<\/a>. This tutorial just requires some temporary fabric tacks, adhesive, and a staple gun. Learn how to take care of a chair back below.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. You\u2019ll have to start by Frankensteining the chair apart<\/a>. Depending on how the chair is built, this could require several different methods to get the fabric off the back. You may have to unscrew parts, use a staple remover that can handle staple gun staples, cut fabrics and other materials, or perhaps jimmy pieces apart with a screwdriver.<\/li>\n
  2. You\u2019ll need several layers:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \n
    • If the chair has an open back, you\u2019ll need a layer of fabric that people will see from the back.<\/li>\n
    • Upholstery foam for some padding.<\/li>\n
    • A layer of plain cotton fabric to smooth out the foam.<\/li>\n
    • For added comfort and a smooth effect, you\u2019ll have a layer of polyester batting.<\/li>\n
    • Then the top layer of fabric.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        \n
      1. Measure your optional first layer that may show out the back. The easiest way to do this is to get some old fabric, hold it up to the chair and cut where you want the fabric to end on the chair. You can use that as a template for your new fabric. Then cut the fabric against that template.<\/li>\n
      2. Staple the measured first layer of fabric to the chair’s back.<\/li>\n
      3. You can start layering here if the chair is not open back. Measure your foam with your fabric template. Secure the foam onto the chair with\u00a0a spray adhesive.<\/li>\n
      4. Measure the same way and use the spray adhesive to apply the plain cotton.<\/li>\n
      5. Measure and apply the polyester batting. You\u2019ll only need a few staples on this.<\/li>\n
      6. This step is a little different. You\u2019ll need to take extra care since it\u2019s the outside fabric. Don’t cut the fabric. Just apply the fabric to the chair with temporary tacks. This is so you can see just how you want it to measure and lay. Staple in place around the edges and then trim the fabric from there.<\/li>\n
      7. Cover your staples by adding some trim, applying some fabric glue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Learn how to upholster a chair back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[92,124,171,153,98],"class_list":["post-3272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-chair-upholstery","tag-diy","tag-diy-fabric-project","tag-diy-project","tag-diy-upholstery","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding","resize-featured-image"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Reupholster a Chair Back<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are upholstering guides for a chair seat, but what about for the chair back? Here, we show you how to upholster the back of a chair.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Reupholster a Chair Back\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are upholstering guides for a chair seat, but what about for the chair back? Here, we show you how to upholster the back of a chair.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"KOVI Fabrics Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-04T01:47:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-12T17:09:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/file0002013188747-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1702\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michelle Lovrine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michelle Lovrine\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michelle Lovrine\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8913b6dcf4be09770b18d5b462c34659\"},\"headline\":\"How to Reupholster a Chair Back\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-04T01:47:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-12T17:09:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":374,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/file0002013188747-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"chair upholstery\",\"DIY\",\"diy fabric project\",\"diy project\",\"diy upholstery\"],\"articleSection\":[\"How-To\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to Reupholster a Chair Back\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/file0002013188747-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-04T01:47:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-12T17:09:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"There are upholstering guides for a chair seat, but what about for the chair back? Here, we show you how to upholster the back of a chair.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/file0002013188747-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/file0002013188747-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1702,\"caption\":\"chair back\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/reupholster-chair-back\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Reupholster a Chair Back\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"KOVI Fabrics Blog\",\"description\":\"Inspirations, Guides, How-tos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"KOVI Fabrics\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.kovifabrics.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/03\\\/logosmall.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.kovifabrics.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/03\\\/logosmall.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":40,\"caption\":\"KOVI Fabrics\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8913b6dcf4be09770b18d5b462c34659\",\"name\":\"Michelle Lovrine\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a16bcc349e5f9cdaa692a8c724f32926c43e4e1042fed1f14dfb06e37d1096c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a16bcc349e5f9cdaa692a8c724f32926c43e4e1042fed1f14dfb06e37d1096c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a16bcc349e5f9cdaa692a8c724f32926c43e4e1042fed1f14dfb06e37d1096c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michelle Lovrine\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kovifabrics.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/lovrinemlivelylit-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Reupholster a Chair Back","description":"There are upholstering guides for a chair seat, but what about for the chair back? Here, we show you how to upholster the back of a chair.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Reupholster a Chair Back","og_description":"There are upholstering guides for a chair seat, but what about for the chair back? Here, we show you how to upholster the back of a chair.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/","og_site_name":"KOVI Fabrics Blog","article_published_time":"2017-06-04T01:47:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-12T17:09:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1702,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/file0002013188747-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michelle Lovrine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michelle Lovrine","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/"},"author":{"name":"Michelle Lovrine","@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8913b6dcf4be09770b18d5b462c34659"},"headline":"How to Reupholster a Chair Back","datePublished":"2017-06-04T01:47:43+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-12T17:09:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/"},"wordCount":374,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/file0002013188747-scaled.jpg","keywords":["chair upholstery","DIY","diy fabric project","diy project","diy upholstery"],"articleSection":["How-To"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/","name":"How to Reupholster a Chair Back","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/file0002013188747-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2017-06-04T01:47:43+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-12T17:09:54+00:00","description":"There are upholstering guides for a chair seat, but what about for the chair back? Here, we show you how to upholster the back of a chair.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/file0002013188747-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/file0002013188747-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1702,"caption":"chair back"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/reupholster-chair-back\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Reupholster a Chair Back"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/","name":"KOVI Fabrics Blog","description":"Inspirations, Guides, How-tos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"KOVI Fabrics","url":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.kovifabrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/logosmall.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.kovifabrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/logosmall.jpg","width":150,"height":40,"caption":"KOVI Fabrics"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8913b6dcf4be09770b18d5b462c34659","name":"Michelle Lovrine","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a16bcc349e5f9cdaa692a8c724f32926c43e4e1042fed1f14dfb06e37d1096c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a16bcc349e5f9cdaa692a8c724f32926c43e4e1042fed1f14dfb06e37d1096c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a16bcc349e5f9cdaa692a8c724f32926c43e4e1042fed1f14dfb06e37d1096c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Michelle Lovrine"},"url":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/author\/lovrinemlivelylit-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3272"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8250,"href":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272\/revisions\/8250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kovifabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}