Reupholstering my Bench
I purchased this bench over the summer and decided that I did not agree with the material that the maker decided to use. If you ever find a piece of furniture that you love, however the material is just awful. You can always change the material to match any room or décor. Over the weekend I found some time to redo the bench and headed to Hobby Lobby for some material.
The first thing you want to do is unscrew the seat from the bench, chair, etc.. There should be four screws in each corner under the bench. Once the seat is removed this is a great time to wipe down the frame. Next, you will want to use the nose pliers to remove the staples from the seat to take off the existing material.
Lay your seat on top of the fabric and measure, how much fabric you will need. Note that you will want the fabric to go over the seat about an inch. Once you have your measurements, cut the fabric to size.
Now is the fun part, using the staple gun. Start overlaying the fabric to the seat from one side to another, You should stable every half an inch to make sure that the material is secured to the seat. The corners can be tricky, so you just have to play with the material until you like how the top of the seat looks.Once I was done stapling the fabric to the seat. I cut out a piece of leftover fabric to lay over the opening of the bottom of the seat and hid the staples from showing.
After I completed the seat it was time to put the seat back on the frame. Use your screwdriver to insert the screws back into their holes on each corner of the seat and attach it to the frame.
Reupholstering this bench was very easy and inexpensive. The bench now matches my decor in my bedroom. Whenever you want to redecorate or get tired of your accent furniture you can always change the fabric. I think that we are
