How to reweave a chair seat

I finished the last step of that quirky C.F.A. Voysey chair this week: fiber rush weaving. Even if you never build a chair from scratch, mastering seat weaving opens up a whole world of thrift store furniture rescue.

Not sure how to weave rope seats? Check out our step-by-step guide and, to stock up on rope for your rope chair, be sure to visit Ropes Direct today.

Chair seat weaving overview, description and explanation of the various types of seatweaving; caning, rush, natural rush, splint, Danish cord, seagrass.

Step-by-step article by The Wicker Woman-Cathryn Peters on how-to gather cattail leaves for use in seatweaving and basketweaving projects.

Rope or Hemp Bottom Chair - I found this old neglected chair on it's way to the garbage and just had to save it The wood was so dry, West Texas is so very hard

A few months ago my beautiful mother-in-law passed away very suddenly. She had many beautiful pieces of furniture -- mementos of her travels and of a life well lived.... aaaaand she had a few not so beautiful pieces. In the days before her funeral, her seven children flew out from every corner of the country and began the heart-breaking task of sorting through her belongings. The children took turns selecting items they wanted to keep, then they decided which items to donate and which items…

If you have a chair or dining chair with outdated upholstery fabric, here is How to Recover a Chair Seat Cushion easily with no sewing required. Outdated chai…

Weave Chair Seats With Paracord: It's fairly easy to find old wooden chairs with broken out seat bottoms. Often the chair frame is solid, but no one is interested in reweaving the rush bottom. When I found 5 old chairs in the rafters of a barn I decided to hack them with paracord!…