June 9, 2022 - Keep working your way around the seat, pulling the fabric tight and stapling. Pull corners especially smooth, even if that means you have a bunch of excess fabric a few inches from the edge.

August 26, 2025 - Finish reupholstering the chair ... reupholstering a chair with rounded corners, you may need to make multiple pleats on each corner for a flat, smooth finish....

January 25, 2012 - Tips & tricks for how to reupholster dining chairs - plus how to upholster rounded corner seats so they look perfect!

It looks like I’m not the only one who may have a trip to a lumberyard in her future. That’ll be ‘fun’ – trying to turn chairs upside-down and try to trace the right size circles, so they neither fall through nor sit too high above the the iron circle.

As the graphic below indicates - imagine a 45 degree line (green line) to guide how far to take the staples on each side. Keep the fabric taught and move from one side towards the rounded - corner. I found it necessary as I got towards the corner to have the staples closer together.

June 2, 2014 - Staple toward the center of each rounded corner, pinching and pulling tightly to establish a pattern of folds on both sides of the rounded corner's center. Create a fold -- or ear -- at each rounded corner's center, stapling it tightly.

July 28, 2022 - All of the reupholstery diy videos I've seen involve adding batting and fabric over a flat seat and stretching it tightly before securing it with staples on the underside. Stretching anything tight over the curves of this seat would create a kind of "tent" effect with the fabric being 100% level to the highest points of the pieces I'm covering, but the curve is the only thing about these chairs that I actually like lol.

April 25, 2024 - Upholstering the corners requires patience and attention to detail. To tackle a rounded corner, first, pull the fabric taut over the corner and staple it once directly in the middle of the corner to hold it in place.

If I did the horizontal tight it wouldn't follow the contour of the seat back, right? And should I do weave the webbing? Always weave webbing ... Shaun8484 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 1:09 am Nevermind, my mouth talks faster than my mind, I guess it would be hard to tuft with a piece of plywood there. Generally on a frame chair webbing is used not plywood.

How to Upholster Rounded Corners + Tips Tricks & Tutorial for How to Re-Upholster Dining Chairs. Do PERFECTLY upholstered chairs that are smooth and tight with perfect corners. Upholstery DIY tutorial with Upholstery fabric projects. Love the houndstooth fabric on these mcm teak dining chairs. Check out the blog for more DIY furniture makeovers and DIY home decor project ideas. ... Upholstery for Beginners - How to Finish a Bench Seat ...

January 25, 2012 - How to Upholster Rounded Corners + Tips Tricks & Tutorial for How to Re-Upholster Dining Chairs. Do PERFECTLY upholstered chairs that are smooth and tight with perfect corners. Upholstery DIY tutorial with Upholstery fabric projects. Love the houndstooth fabric on these mcm teak dining chairs.

April 17, 2018 - To recover a round seat, it’s best to create pleats. Start by pulling one piece of fabric up and over onto the bottom of the seat, and slightly folding it to create a pleat. Staple into place.