I think I’m going to have to change the name of this blog to The DIY Vintage Chair Makeover Blog. If you’ve been following along you know that this is the third vintage chair makeover I’ve done and the second time I’ve used a vintage dress to do so. There was this fab folding chair makeover and this really simple but sweet vintage sewing chair makeover.

Well I have another one for you. I found this danish chair with great lines at Goodwill for $10 and this dress with the most beautiful flower burst on the AS IS rack at my local vintage store for $15 (I tried for $10 but they wouldn’t go for it & I had to have it). I’ve been searching for the right fabric to cover this chair for at least 6 months. When I saw this dress it was love, no lust, as first sight. The vinyl was about $5. I decided it would match my current dining set and clean better than leather.

What’ you’ll need (a guideline):

Half way there! This was the really easy part.

The back of the chair was much trickier because I had limited fabric and the shape of the chair was awkward. Ideally you would use one piece of fabric that’s big enough to wrap around both the front and the back of the chair. That would’ve made this about 95% easier. But because I was so set on using this awesome vintage dress fabric, I had to pull some serious staple gun vinyl McGyver’ing. I had to do the front then create a seam at top by folding the edge of the vinyl and pulling tight and stapling. This isn’t shown because I was getting pretty frustrated at this point and forgot to take pictures. It happens. But I swear if you just use one piece of fabric this would’ve taken about 15-20 minutes.

I’m happy to say that eventually I figured it out and then all the frustration was forgotten and I stood back to admire this beauty.

Now, how’s that for a makeover!?! If this chair was in high school it went from being a brown corduroy wearing book nerd into a hot, creative, boho babe.

The chair is now living as an end accent with my dining set. Don’t they just work perfectly together?! You would never know that they didn’t come from the same set. She’s so sexy don’t you think? 


If you liked this, you can see more Before & After posts here.