Creating an accent piece in your home doesn’t have to be costly. If you have an old chair, you’re halfway there. Having a funky chair in your home can make a perfect focal point for any room.
All it takes is a little bit of DIY initiative. You don’t even need the creativity, we’ll do that part for you! Here are 15 ideas for creating a funky chair.
Cross Stitch a Chair
Create a stitched design by yarning up a chair that has holes in it. Find a full tutorial here.
Paint a Pop of Color
Take a white chair and paint its legs with a pop of color to brighten up a room.
Screen Printed Chair
Take an old chair and make it new by painting a bold screen print on it. Here‘s how.
Patchwork Chair
Take a dull looking chair and fashion a new cushion for it with different patches.
Ribbon Upholstery
Patchwork not your thing? Try using ribbon to reupholster your chair. Here‘s how to do it.
Brass It Up
Spray the metallic parts of your old chair with brass or gold spray paint to make it look fancier than it really is.
Pallet Chairs
There are tons of different creative ways to fashion a chair from pallets. You can find 31 ideas here.
Ombre Ribbon Chair
This DIY is super easy to do. The hardest part is finding the ribbon in the colors you want to use. Find out how it’s done here.
Folding Chair Makeover
You can make your basic looking folding chairs into a chic masterpiece by painting and re-upholstering them.
Lawn Chair Makeover
You can even makeover a lawn chair by removing the strapped laces and weaving some belts into it.
Spray Paint It
You can spray paint most chairs to give it a brand new look. Here‘s how they did it at little green notebook.
Make It Picture Perfect
Turn a chair into a painting to spice it up.
Ombre Paint
Ombre paint then shellac your chair. Find out how it’s done here.
Cover It With Fabric
You don’t have to upholster your chair in order to use your favorite fabric. Find out how to make this fabric covered chair here.
Decoupage It
You can decoupage just about anything to a chair. This chair uses wrapping paper. Find the tutorial here.
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