Pimp your office chair.

Granted, the 80s brought us ugly office chairs, bad fashion and Paris Hilton. But if Jane Fonda has evolved from workout video chick to political activist, you can likewise transform your office chair from mainstream to individually appealing.

Step 1 Materials & Tools.

Materials:
1) old ugly office chair
2) cloth
3) acrylic paint
4) Freezer Paper (or Makepiesnotsense Sticky Paper).

Tools:
5) screw driver
6) any measuring tool
7) scissors
8) iron
9) paintbrush
10) staple gun

Comments

[ToniRose]

Nicely done. But Jane Fonda was an activist first, workout chick later. Which made the 80s all the weirder.

[ryneayers]

i used the t-shirt transfers from walmart and printed a pic of the web

[jongscx]

that must've been a really big picture... or was it just a small portion of the internet?

[ryneayers]

sorry i meant off

[ryneayers]

this is how the transfer came out on the chair

[makepiesnotsense]

sweet! that's an awesome office chair right there.

[blacknkhak]

dumpster dream dive.

[office_furniture_man]

Check out these pimped up Cobra Rally Office Chairs straight from the WRC!

I got one in my bedroom at home that I bought from www.intercounty.com

[Very Keri]

Can I give you a hint? If you use upholstery grade fabric when you "upholster" something, the quality is better. You run into problems like leaving a large butt shaped wrinkle where you've been sitting when you have any kind of stretchy fabric. It doesn't rip or tear as easily, it's more stain resistant and it holds staples better. Upholstery fabric is more expensive, but you don't even need a yard of it for this kind of thing. On a side note, I AM perfectly content with what you've got going, your design is awesome! Takes me back...

[noahh]

This is great! Do you have a "before" picture we could see?

[makepiesnotsense]

silly me, forgot to do that. the only ones i got are these where you can see the old cover and the base without upholstery, see STEP 2
this is another ugly office chair i plan on altering, see this pic

[twisted]

I saw guitars, and an amp... where do you work? nice job anyways! ~Twisted

[makepiesnotsense]

thanks! actually, that's not my office, it is my bedroom. it's quite spacious and i keep my guitars and equipment there, for personal practice. office chairs are usually easy to get, most offices try to get rid of old ones, that's why i have it. and that's also why it needed to get altered!!

[mikesty]

Hmm, I might actually do this, since I have some nasty stains on my chair that won't go out, and get worse every time I try to clean them with something.

[Office Viking]

Hey that's cool! I think it's great any time we can personalize something in an often-times impersonable world. We look for ways to stand out, to be individuals, and to show off our creativity. Rock on!

[canida]

Looks nice! Now you just need to add spinners to your wheels, and maybe some lights under the seat...

[Williz]

Actually looks quite nice with the new upholstry. Good Job.