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I had a spot in my office that was perfect <\/em>for a bench seat. Have you ever priced those? $300 and up! I was hoping I might find one at a thrift store that I could makeover but no such luck.\u00a0 I did, however, happen upon these two chairs. They were on clearance for $2.00 each and as I looked at them I thought ‘those look kinda like a bench… if you take out the middle arms’. And so an idea was born and two old office chairs found a new home. It ends up recovering the cushions was easy! The total cost for the supplies? $16.\u00a0 I told Roy I just saved him $285 so I should be able to use that money for something else. He wasn’t buying it.\u00a0 \u00a0If you’re a fan of thrift store finds and redo, you’ll probably also enjoy our Ceiling Fan to Thrift Store Chandelier Makeover<\/a>, Refurbishing Furniture with Modern Colors<\/a> and How to Turn a Working Console TV into a Piece of Art!<\/a><\/p>\n Make sure to also check out the\u00a0 Final Reveal Of My Whimsical Home Office Ideas<\/a>!\u00a0 Bet you’ve never seen an office like this!<\/span> These are the chairs as we got them from the thrift store. $2 each.<\/p>\n The first thing Roy did was cut the middle arm sections off on both chairs. Marking them with tape made it easier to make the cut. He also had to remove the back wood braces which he’s already done here. He sanded off the area he cut. This shows him screwing the bottom center legs of both chairs together. He then drilled a hole in the center braces and added two bolts for extra stability. A solid piece of wood was added to the back and screwed in on the sides where the original back braces were screwed in. \u00a0 It was now time to recover the cushions and arm rests. We picked a very soft, polyester “Heavenly Plush” fabric from Walmart. \u00a0We also picked up a Cover Button kit to create matching buttons for the tufted back. I had a spot in my office that was perfect for a bench seat. Have you ever priced those? $300 and up! I was hoping I might find one at a thrift store that I could makeover but no such luck.\u00a0 I did, however, happen upon these two chairs. They were on clearance for $2.00 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1603,1623,1610,1606,1607,1885],"tags":[1853,1704],"class_list":["post-29582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1-blog","category-buff-your-stuff","category-crafts","category-how-to","category-living","category-whimsical-home-office-posts","tag-furniture-makeovers-short-list","tag-whimsical-home-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29582"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33054,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29582\/revisions\/33054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/My-Home-Office-Ideas-and-Reveal-FE.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nBench Seat Supplies<\/h1>\n
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Instructions<\/h1>\n![\"Watch](\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Thrift-Store-Chairs-to-Bench-Seat-2.jpg\")
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We placed\u00a0the back-cushions face down onto the backside of the fabric and cut a large enough piece to wrap around the entire cushion.
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Since we wanted to keep the tufting on the back cushions, we removed the back piece of fabric\u00a0from the cushion.
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This allowed us to cut the strings from the existing tufts and remove the buttons.
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Once the back strings were cut, the buttons pulled easily out through the front.
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This is when we began wrapping the fabric and stapling it snug onto the wood frame. \u00a0We left the opening we had cut so that we could re-tuft the cushion.
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Once the back cushions were wrapped, we set them aside to create our buttons.
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Using the Cover Button kit, we cut a small circle of our fabric and inserted it into the clear rubber mold.
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Then we placed the button portion, face down, onto our fabric.
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Then we fold in the edges of the fabric, completely covering the button.
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Due to the fluffiness of our fabric, we had to trim away a little excess.
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Lastly, we placed the button back on top of the folded-in fabric.
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To create the button, we simply press down over our final piece using the pusher included with the kit.
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You will feel a slight ‘pop’ when the button back inserts into the button.
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At this point, remove the pusher and pull the button out of the mold.
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Voila! \u00a0Matching buttons for our tufted cushions!
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Using permanent marker, we placed dots on the back of the cushion to mark where our tufts would be.
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Instead of using standard sewing thread, we opted for a thick waxy thread that could really handle a lot of pressure.
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We began by threading down through the back of the cushion at our designated marks.
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While pushing the needle from the back, we compressed the front of the cushion to help guide the needle through.
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Once the needle was through, we threaded the button onto the back and pushed the needle back down through the cushion about 1\/4 inch away from the hole we came out through.
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Once the needle is out the back, we threaded on an old button. \u00a0This gave us a solid base for leverage, so we could pull the string tight and create the tuft.
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Once complete, the back looks like so.
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And the front now has our two tufts with matching buttons.
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We removed the arm rests and stapled fabric around each one, making sure to cut away any excess material so that they would easily rest back onto the arms of the chair.
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For the seat cushions, we wrapped and stapled them the same way we did with our back cushions. \u00a0The one difference was that we removed the seat tufting and did not replace it as we did not want tufted seats.
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Once complete, we had beautiful, soft & smooth seat cushions that were ready to be reattached to our chair.
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Prior to replacing the cushions and arm rests, we painted the frame white.
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Once dry, we screwed on the cushions and arm rests.
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For a little added touch of style, we used a box of silver thumbtacks to create a border around the two sides of the bench. \u00a0By holding the tacks with needle nose pliers and hammering them in, you get the same look as the expensive upholstery nails without breaking the bank.
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The silver border turned out absolutely amazing!
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Now we have a beautiful statement piece as well as soft and comfy seating!
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