Restringing Lawn Furniture

Give Your Yard Chairs an Extreme Makeover

© Mary Welling-Bonney

Jun 5, 2009

You can remake any chair, lounger, loveseat, couch or settee using this project. The directions are for a chair but very easily adapted.

Materials Needed:

• Lawn chair frame or old lawn chair
• Scissors
• Spray Paint-make sure the paint is appropriate for the material your chair is made of (i.e. metal, plastic)
• Jute
• Tape measure
• Cushion

Preparing the Frame

1. If you are using an old chair, cut off any remaining webbing.
2. Wipe down your chair frame with soapy water and allow the chair to dry completely.
3. Spray paint the frame following the manufacturers directions.

Preparing the Webbing

1. Measure out a length of 30 feet of jute and cut.
2. Use that first piece of jute as a template.
3. Cut 19 more pieces of jute 30 ' long.

Pre-Webbing

1. Begin at the front of the seat with the chair upside down and facing away from you. See photos below.
2. Fold each 30' piece of jute in half forming a loop in the center.
3. Fold the loop over the front seat bar and draw the two opposite ends of the jute through the loop you created and pull taut. This will create two pieces of jute coming off of the bar.
4. Continue with the remaining 19 pieces of jute.
5. You now have twenty pieces of jute attached with two strands each leaving forty -15' lengths coming off of the seat front bar.

Webbing

1. Row 1: Take the second string of the first loop and the first string of the second loop ( see photos below) and knot them together about 3" from the bar. Knot the next two loops and repeat all the way across. The first string will just be left unused at the moment.
2. Row 2: Take the first string and loop it around the outer side bar then knot it to the next string about 3" below the first knot. Knot the next two strings and repeat all the way across making sure to loop the last string around the outer side bar before tying.
3. Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until you get within 4"-5" from the back seat bar.
4. Back Lower Bar-Pull one strand above the bar and one below it and knot pulling very taught. Repeat all the way across.
5. Return to directions for Row 1 and 2 until you get to the top back bar. Repeat the directions for lower back bar. Knot each knot twice.
6. Trim remaining strands of jute to about eight inches beyond the bar. Knot the end.

Add fresh new cushions and throw pillow and of course don't forget to spray the table to match for a whole new set.

chair frame

painted chair frame

stringing

stringing side

new chair

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