Creating a Duct Tape Chair

I purchased a dome chair from a big box store last year and it didn’t hold up very well.  The chair part ripped and fell of the frame.  Since the frame was still left intact, I didn’t want to throw it away -so I reused it to make a new chair.  Using duct tape (the best duct tape of all – Nashua 357), I created a new frame for the chair.  This project was quick, cheap, and easy; it used less than $10 in materials and only an hour of my time.  The result is a chair that is much sturdier than the original I purchased. 

Materials:

• 1 Old Dome Chair Frame
• 2 Pieces of PVC Pipe (to serve as a base for making a seat)
• Less than 1 roll of Nashua 357 Duct Tape
• Scissors

This is the dome chair I used for this project.

The first thing I did was make the seat.  I wrapped the duct tape around the PVC pipe three times to add strength.

Next I positioned the seat into the dome chair and attached it to the front of the chair.  Adam helped and having two sets of hands really helped hold each part in place.

Then I attached the seat to the back of the chair.  To ensure comfort, I made sure the seat hung down in the back.

The chair didn’t feel sturdy enough, so more braces of tape were added.

The seat of the chair wasn’t very comfortable at this point, so more tape was added to help distribute weight.

I went through and folded tape over all of the edges.  This eliminated all the sticky tape goo feeling.

The chair is complete!  It holds my weight easily (see my proof below).  It does need a pillow if you want to lay your head down – but overall the chair works just fine.  I did attempt to reuse packing material (bubble wrap, in fact) to make a permanent pillow, but Adam said it looked too junky so I decided to stick with an “old fashioned” pillow :0).

If you have been wanting to create a duct tape project I say go for it!  This project was quick, easy, cheap, and FUN!