DIY kitchen upholstery

A successful design solution for the appearance of the kitchen never goes out of style. This is a convenient, functional kitchenette that does not take up much space, but at the same time comfortably accommodates three or four people at the dining table. Of course, he, like all furniture, eventually loses its presentable appearance, subject to various kinds of pollution. The time is coming, and it should not only be cleaned using chemistry, but renewed, giving him a second life. And it is not necessary to use the services of furniture workshops. You can do your own upholstery in the kitchen corner.

The benefits of hauling at home

Furniture hauling is not considered a difficult task for those who like to do something with their own hands in the house. This is an interesting creative process, the result of which will be a practical new kitchen furniture. The main thing is to have the necessary tool.

The completed hauling of furniture at home has its advantages:

• saving family budget;
• performance of work at a convenient time for this;
• the choice of fabric for upholstery to your taste;
• getting a good skill in this job.

Subtleties of material selection

First you need to decide on the fabric for the upholstery of the kitchen corner, which is required for the banner. You need to be guided by several criteria, and not just the beauty of the canvas. The upholstery of the kitchen corner can be of three types: velor, faux leather and textile. You can use genuine leather. But this option of hauling furniture with one's own hands is rarely practiced. When selecting material, it should be borne in mind that it should be in harmony with the interior of the kitchen, consistent with its style, be it Provence or hi-tech. Experienced craftsmen advise you to purchase microfiber for structural cladding. Microfiber does not accumulate dust, moisture, is easy to clean and clean. Filling a soft corner, you can buy foam. But it is better if there is polyurethane foam.

If you choose low-quality material for the upholstery of the kitchen corner, no one will get pleasure from this banner, and soon the procedure will have to be repeated. Faux leather is best for work. It is easy to clean, and any liquid spilled on the upholstery can be wiped with a cloth. Fabric upholstery, in this case, needs to be washed.

Cut

To perform high-quality upholstery of the kitchen corner, you need to make a cut according to the old one, taken earlier. To do this, you need to decompose the new fabric in one layer, put all the components from the old cover on top. Outline the chalk. Cutting needs to be done a little more than the old upholstery.

It is necessary to pay attention to the coincidence of the figures if the fabric for the kitchen corner is not plain. When tailoring, you need to pay attention to how the thread of fabric tension goes - shared. In all areas of the material in a new cut, it should be located in one direction: height or width.

It is very important to make the correct calculation of the fabric necessary for the constriction. In order not to buy more or less, you need to decompose the old pattern removed on a specific piece of material having a width that the new material will have. By measuring the length of this piece, you can go shopping. Do not forget about the foam rubber necessary for backs and seats. Usually it is tall and dense, has a thickness of 5 to 10 centimeters.

Instruments

The home master, proceeding to the upholstery of the kitchen corner, should have the following tools:

• industrial (furniture) stapler and anti-stapler or flat screwdriver for removing old upholstery;
• scissors;
• glue for gluing foam rubber;
• ordinary and painting knives;
• open-end wrenches to disassemble the furniture frame;
• fittings.

Hauling sequence

The work of hauling kitchen furniture is not difficult. The main thing is to follow the step-by-step instructions in its implementation:

1. Prepare a place for upholstery.
2. Carefully remove the old one. To do this, you will need an anti-stapler (in its absence, you can use a standard kitchen knife or a flat screwdriver).
3. Remove all fasteners from the kitchen corner frame.
4. To renew the wooden frame, you should go over it with large emery paper, then fine, and cover the tree with varnish or renew the paint.
5. Remove old filler. Everything is simple - the old foam must be removed from the wooden parts of the kitchen furniture: seats and backs.
6. Laying a new filler. By the size of the seats and back, pieces of foam rubber are cut off and glued to the working surface with PVA glue or fixed with a stapler.
7. If necessary, you can sew covers. This applies mainly to backs in kitchen furniture.
8. Seat covers are attached using staples and a stapler.
9. The most important step is to fit the kitchen furniture. To make everything beautiful, you should not rush. Attach new seat and back covers with a few staples to the base of the kitchen furniture using a stapler. In this case, there is no need for jewelry accuracy, staples need to be applied at such a distance from each other so that the fabric does not puff.
10. Collect all the details of the corner.
11. Correct flaws.

The finishing touch in the upholstery of the kitchen corner will be the decoration stage. It can be small pillows, macramé chair covers.