How Much Fabric to Recover a Dining Chair?

Recovering a dining chair is one of the quickest ways to bring a tired set back into use, and the fabric quantities are smaller than most people expect. A standard drop in seat pad needs roughly half a metre of upholstery fabric once turnings are allowed for. This guide explains the difference between recovering and full reupholstery, gives a straightforward measuring method that accounts for foam depth and staple margins, and shows how to scale the calculation across a set of four or six chairs. It also covers which fabric weights behave well under a staple gun, which colours wear best in a busy dining room, and how to fold corners cleanly....