Seats on dining room chairs

valentina

There's some oilcloth tablecloths on ebay; you could buy a tablecloth and cut it up.
Also John Lewis have a pretty good selection of fabrics, but I don't think they sell fabric online.

valentina

Posted re: john Lewis at the same time! Great minds think alike!

WASHER

Oilcloth, an excellent idea, I have two children and two cats, and my dining chair covers need washing too often. Is oilcloth quite thick so cat claws wouldn't damage it?

Now, for a stupid question, how would I fix the oilcloth to the seatpad?

rockie4

Ikea sell it if you have one near, lovely patterns and fairly cheap!

Fix it to the bottom of the seat pad with a staple gun, I've recovered my dining chairs a couple of times and it's fairly simple with one of those.

paddy's_mum

I'm worried that you'll find that oilcloth will crack on the corners and in the folds after quite a short time. It also isn't impervious to cat claws and is not repairable.

I think you might find that it is just as cheap and just as long lasting to clean the original seat fabric. Got anyone who'll share the hire of a Rug Doctor with you so that you get your dining chairs clean at a bargain rate?

(Second time today I've mentioned Rug Doctor - they'll be offering me commission soon, if I keep on!)

WASHER

Paddys mum, thanks for that.

I was thinking about dying my cream fabric seat covers in the washing machine, a chocolate brown colour and then you wouldn't see the marks as easily. I bought some seat pads covers from Ikea, I think they cost me £4 for four, and they simply pop over the seat and held in place with elastic corners (you can tell I'm technical!)But you can only get them in cream, I'm going to give it a go, I think.

claireac

paddy's_mum wrote: »

I'm worried that you'll find that oilcloth will crack on the corners and in the folds after quite a short time. It also isn't impervious to cat claws and is not repairable.

I think you might find that it is just as cheap and just as long lasting to clean the original seat fabric. Got anyone who'll share the hire of a Rug Doctor with you so that you get your dining chairs clean at a bargain rate?

(Second time today I've mentioned Rug Doctor - they'll be offering me commission soon, if I keep on!)

I have cream seat pads, a 3yr old dd and a cat and can thoroughly recommend the Rug Doctor. Do all your carpets, rugs and upholstery while you're at it!

aliadds

I recovered my dining chairs with fabric. I bought mine from Ebay for £7 and it was enough to cover 4 chairs, and 2 stools. For me it was the easiest option to buy it online, and it worked out cost effective as well!
The chairs look like new!:)

jomilne

My local charity shop has a wee shelf at the back where they put all the off-cuts of fabric they get in, you can usually buy them for about 50p, and some pieces are quite large - might be worth having a look in charity shops where you are?

imataloss

Mine were the same thanks to my lovely cat. Recently recovered them with 1 metre of faux leather. Cost about £10 (inc p & p). It`s easy to clean and looks good too.
I got mine from here:
http://fabricaz.co.uk/acatalog/Brown_padded_leather.html