One of the fun things about being an upholsterer is that I get to play around with switching out the fabrics on my furniture at home whenever I feel in the mood for change, and dining chairs happen to ...

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Take a look at your dining chairs? Are they sad? Stained? Do you wish they still looked the way they did in better days from before your kids “accidentally” spilled grape juice on them? Well, you’re ...

Reupholstering a chair is straightforward, but can take some time and requires planning ahead. Take pictures of the chair before removing the fabric and padding, labeling everything as you go. Choose ...

If your furniture is starting to show its age, you may be considering shopping for a new piece. But throwing out a sofa with fraying fabric means it’ll go to a landfill, not to furniture heaven. And ...

There are two different types of decorators – those who like to repair and repurpose furniture, and those who see a damaged chair or table and decide it's time to replace it with something new. But ...

Designer Philip Thomas Vanderford had a homeowner's slipper chairs reupholstered in York Castle/Blue fabric by Lee Jofa. When you give new life to old furnishings, you also get something uniquely you.

A stylish living room interior with brown and yellow furniture and wooden elements with dark green wall. Decorated with plants and butterfly specimen. - Asiavision/Getty Images Beautiful fabric ...

In some scenarios, purchasing new furniture is cheaper, and in others, reupholstering is more cost-effective.

Nicole Crowder runs Nicole Crowder Upholstery in Minneapolis, where she revives secondhand (or just boring) furniture pieces with modern, one-of-a-kind reupholstering. Her work has been featured in ...

(Mass Appeal) – Have you ever dreamed of breathing new life into an old piece of furniture by reupholstering it? It’s true – furniture can be reinvented with reupholstery and the process is not as ...