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    Home » DIY & Crafts

    Updating An Oak Chair Farmhouse Style

    Published by Pam Kessler | 261 words. · About 2 minutes to read this article. - 26 Comments

    I have this old oak chair that I have been wanting to do something with for a long time.

    It's a very sturdy oak chair, but the blue checked fabric wasn't quite my style anymore.


    A couple years ago I put this checked fabric on it because it was leftover from curtains I made for my kitchen at our old house. But it goes with NOTHING in this house.


    And then last week when I was showing you this rocking chair project , I was sort of obsessed about the upholstery webbing.

    It's some pretty sturdy stuff and similar to burlap in texture, so I wanted to do something with it.


    So when I was a JoAnn Fabrics I picked up a few yards of it and decided to use it on my oak chair project.


    I didn't bother taking the blue and white checked fabric off the chair, I just put the webbing over it.

    I stapled the first row of horizontal webbing to the back on two sides (right and left in the photo). I made sure the long side was hanging over the seat enough to be able to be rolled over the lip and stapled to the back when I was finished.


    I continued stapling rows side by side


    as close together as I could get them.


    And then I wove the vertical webbing through the horizontal pieces


    until it was completed. Then I stapled the vertical pieces on the backside.


    I just love the texture of this stuff!


    Here's the finished project.

    Quick and Easy way to give an old oak chair a farmhouse update!

     

     

    Before and After


    Quick and Easy way to give an old oak chair a farmhouse update!

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    1. lauren @ West Furniture Revival

      May 23, 2011 at 4:34 pm

      love the chair and the pillow.. i did a number 2 pillow a while back as well.. great job

      Reply
    2. French Hen Farm

      November 19, 2010 at 9:03 pm

      Love this idea!!
      Love your blog!!!
      Happy Thanksgiving!!
      Linda

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    3. Stephanie Lynn @Under the Table and Dreaming

      November 11, 2010 at 12:11 pm

      Pam your chairs are stunning! Love the idea of using the webbing. Looks fantastic! I featured this on the Sunday Showcase Round Up. Thanks so much for joining in the fun! Hope you are enjoying your week ~ Stephanie Lynn

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    4. KATHY

      November 10, 2010 at 5:44 am

      Wow, The chair looks fantastic with the webbing. That was a such a clever idea!! Thanks for the inspiration. I'm going to look for some webbing.I love the pillow too.

      Kathy

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    5. Courtney ~ French Country Cottage

      November 10, 2010 at 12:45 am

      Wow~ it came out beautiful~ i love the pillow you put on it too!! Well done! 🙂

      Reply
    6. Kim @ Savvy Southern Style

      November 09, 2010 at 10:00 pm

      Pam, I love it. I have a whole roll of that webbing. It is such great texture. Thank you for sharing this at my party!

      Reply
    7. Deborah

      November 08, 2010 at 3:47 pm

      I have so enjoyed perusing your blog. Your mums look so lovely. I have always thought they didn't last long so I have never tried growing any but yours look so lovely I may have to rethink that. Great ideas on the chair redo I have some needlepoint chairs I am redoing no. The strapping broke on both so I am replacing it and the burlap. I am also washing the needlepoint part. I am not repainting them so they will just look the same but will be intrinsically better.

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    8. It's Just Me

      November 08, 2010 at 1:51 pm

      Pam, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this chair. I actually went to Joann's recently looking for that webbing but my store doesn't carry it. I have some in blue (which I found at a garage sale) but would it in red. Guess I gotta order it online. I LOVE the look as a seat cover. Beautiful ...

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    9. Alaina

      November 08, 2010 at 1:45 pm

      I like how the chair turned out and I just love the little burlap pillow.

      Reply
    10. freckled laundry

      November 07, 2010 at 11:44 pm

      Pam, that's gorgeous! Truly. Love the numbered pillow, too. You popped in my thoughts tonight and I just wanted to stop in and say hello, friend.

      Hugs,
      Jami

      Reply
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