How to Redo a Wooden Chair With Partial Vinyl Nailheads

Turn the chair over and unscrew the seat from the chair frame. Keep the screws in a baggy. If you're doing multiple chairs at once, mark the seats and the frames with chalk so you can match the same seats to the same chairs later.

Lay the seat on the foam and trace around it with a marker.

Use scissors to cut inside the lines you drew on the foam, with a 1/2-inch gap between the cut and the line you drew.

Spray the seat of the chair with spray adhesive, and spray the side of the foam that will face into the chair seat. Lay the foam, adhesive side down, onto the chair seat. Line up the foam so that the edge of the foam is approximately 1/2 inch away from the edges of the seat on all sides.

Cover the seat with batting and cut the batting so the edges will wrap around the seat and overlap with the underside approximately 1 inch on each side.

Lay the batting on the work surface and lay the seat centered over the batting, underside of the seat facing up.

Wrap the edges of the batting around the underside of the seat. Use a staple gun to staple the batting into the underside of the seat. Space the staples approximately 1 inch apart.

Lay the seat down on the fabric of your choice and cut around the fabric, but leave a space between the edge of the fabric and the seat so that the fabric will wrap over the edge of the seat and cover the underside of the seat by 1 inch on each side. If your fabric is striped or patterned in some way, line up the stripes or pattern so it will be straight on the seat.

Lay the fabric wrong side up, and center the seat on top of the fabric, batting side down. Wrap the fabric around the edge of the seat and use the staple gun to staple the fabric to the seat. Space the staples 1 inch apart around the entire perimeter.

Cut a strip of nailhead trim long enough to cover one side of the seat. Position the nailhead trim at the corner of the side of the seat and nail the first decorative nail into the hole at the end of the strip. Nail decorative nails into each succeeding hole on the strip until you have attached the entire strip to one side. Repeat this process for the front and other side of the seat. Line up the nail strips at each corner so they appear to be one single long strip instead of three individual strips.

Screw the seat back into place on the chair frame, using the original screws.