Caning to Upholstery Conversion! Upholster and Preserve your Caning!

Kevin Kennedy began training with European masters as a young lad of 17. For 42 years, he has been an Upholsterer for countless Boston area designers and leading art restorers, including consulting with and heading the upholstery department at Trefler and Sons, in Newton, MA. Commissioned to upholster Napoleon's chair, and guest writer to the Upholstery Journal. His most successful venture yet, his studio in Arlington, Ma , Upholstery on Broadway, has been open since 2010.
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[@eliseintheattic9697]

Thank you for sharing this and for such a detailed and complete tutorial. I have a number of chairs I've picked up at garage sales with broken caned seats or no seats at all. Now I can turn them into usable chairs.

[@tresadrienne8724]

Thank you for this! I have an antique bench that is beautiful but the caning is all busted out and it's way too expensive to fix so I was just going to rip out the caning and cover it in canvas but I love this idea because it felt wrong to pull out all that caning.

[@kimburke575]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing your knowledge & skills 🙏🏼

[@aleset1]

What an interesting video! I love it!I love watching a master at work and a patient teacher. Thank you so much.

[@kims2735]

I'm so thankful to of found your channel! I've had my great great grandmother's kitchen chairs and I didn't want to put one holes in the chair past canning. Now I know I wasn't wrong. You're instructions are lovely, thank you.

[@thaliahohenthal1391]

I can’t believe how great this guidance is. Lots of take aways to apply to lots of project. Thank you for being a great teacher and way to listen to.

[@dollyla229]

Thanks for this excellent tutorial. I have several cane bottom chairs that need a redo. This is just what I was looking for.

[@alaynajordan8459]

Your voice is very soothing, thank you for your expertise🙌

[@susanantes347]

Thanks so much for the clear, step by step instructions. You make this seem very doable and inspire confidence, and it is a pleasure to watch you, a master of your craft, at work.

[@mspaulabradshaw]

This is an excellent video of converting cane to upholstery. I bought 6 cane chairs at a garage sale, 4 of which need repairing. I really like this method rather than replacing the cane.

[@restyledpiecesboutique]

I just want to send out a HUGE THANK YOU! I am a furniture refinisher and I have a chair with the same kind of seat that had broken caning. I have never done upholstery before, mind you. But, this chair I have went so well with a vanity I refinished and I just had to try. I did it!!! All due to your video. I watched it I’ll bet 10 times AND I played the video, (pausing when necessary or playing back when needed) while I was upholstering my chair! It’s not perfect, but really good!! I LOVE it! Thank you SO much for sharing your process!!! I am so grateful!!!

[@paulajones3245]

Such a good video. Learnt do much. Your an awesome teacher. 👍

[@nickie7nicole7]

Excellent tutorial, sir. 🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing your super skilled craft.

[@PointNorthToChrist]

Man, I wish I would have had this video before I cut all the cane out if my 6 dining chairs.
Thank you Kevin for another great video!

[@robinbirdj743]

Lovely! Just what I needed to learn. I’m interested in knowing why you didn’t use a lightweight interfacing to add a bit of strength and weight to that thin fabric...maybe you needed the stretch for the curves?

[@hollaceswanson8075]

Your video is awesome. Thank you so much. Does this same set of instructions work for a curved bottom caned chair? Do you just not stretch the webbing drum tight in the direction it curves?

[@maryerwin8559]

What do I do if there are armrests with spindles? How do I apply the webbing ACROSS the chair?

[@Rgb414]

What are your thoughts on using double welt to trim this out?

[@tencevalentin621]

Thank God for your videos I have some ford and johnson chairs that someone removes the caning from and used plywood for the seats i am now trying to restore them back to an upholstered look that ford and johnson had in most of their chairs can you tell me what brand of staples you used i have an eze tc-04r staple gun

[@tencevalentin621]

is it ok to put muslin over cotton if my fabric is lightweight

[@maryriser7836]

The seat on your chair is flat. The chair I want to cover have a curved bottom. What do I need to do differently?

[@EileenMKeyes]

That chair is so wobbly... shouldn't it have been knocked apart and reglued first?

[@tresadrienne8724]

Would canvas work as well as burlap?

[@karenbenisch6992]

Do you have to use all these layers?

[@endoalford]

can you tell me what size/guage staples you use?

[@kramdoogs]

Industry standard is eight gauge series. Metric 806 (6mm) 810 (10mm) 814 (14mm)

[@juliedominiack8466]

What is the white stuff under he foam?

[@juliedominiack8466]

I guess it coton lol

[@juliedominiack8466]

You are a true artisan.

[@QueenCityHistory]

It's cotton batting

[@karenmitchell3947]

That chair is in desperate need of a reglue!