How to Restore a Wooden Chair With a Sunken Cushion

After years of relaxation and comfort, the seat of your wooden cushioned chair might not be holding up very well. Sinking is a clear sign that the wooden seat under the cushion is beginning to fail, which can spell disaster if left untreated. Luckily, your wooden chair is fixable and you don’t need to spend a fortune contacting a professional to perform the repair.

Plywood
Work bench
Clamps
Skill saw
Screws or nails
Screwdriver or hammer

Instructions

- 1
  Turn the wooden chair over and measure the seat’s dimensions. Write down the numbers and take the information with you when you cut the wood support cleats.
- 2
  Create three wooden cleats, or supports, from plywood that are 1 inch wide and the length of the chair seat. Draw the dimension onto a piece of plywood, secure the plywood to a wooden work bench with clamps and cut out the cleats with a skill saw.
- 3
  Secure the cleats to the bottom of the chair with screws or nails. Center the first cleat on the horizontal center of the chair’s bottom and secure it to both sides of the chair’s seat with the screws or nails. Stagger the remaining supports approximately 2 to 3 inches away from the center support. If the chair’s seat is larger, space the supports 3 inches apart.
- 4
  Turn the chair over and test the chair seat’s integrity. If you require more supports, cut additional cleats from plywood in the same fashion as Step 2.

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