Can you believe that I picked up this chair at a rummage sale for $5.00!?!? Crazy! It has so many levers on it, I don’t think I’ll be able to use them all! I only have this before picture. I snapped it while making the slipcover. Was going to get a picture of the chair for the BEFORE picture, but forgot while I was sewing. Oh well, you get the idea of what an awesome find this is!!!
I pinned the fabric to the chair right sides in. That gave me my template. I just sewed along where the pins were. I needed to throw in some red, so I made this huge bow out of fabric. I slipped the cover on and took a needle and thread and did sort of a blanket stitch along the bottom.
For the seat, I did a typical reupholstering job. I’ll have to take pix of the underneath, as it came out perfect. I took out the staples of the liner. Then, I just stapled on the new fabric over the old fabric. After that, I re-stapled the liner back on. I love it! Hubby said, “you shouldn’t cover that chair, it doesn’t look like an office chair anymore, it looks like furniture” “Thank you!” 
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Love that bow! What a beautiful piece of furniture you’ve created:)
Great job on the chair but don’t forget to put the arms back on. I do office ergonomics at a university for hundreds of staff members. A good chair is essential. All those levers are probably seat tilt, back tilt, height, and maybe seat depth adjustment. Those kinds of chairs are typically around $1,000 or higher retail.
ps…I see the arms are on now. The black arms just faded into the dark parts of the pic.