What Are the Functions of Chair Skirting?
Applying chair skirting provides decoration to the base of a chair. It is affixed to the sides of a chair and extends partially or completely to the floor. It also hides mechanisms providing movement that are affixed to the bottom of chairs. Does this Spark an idea?
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Types
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Chair skirting is designed in many types, including box pleat, kick pleat and ruffle. These skirt types refer to the way the fabric is gathered before sewing it around the chair.
Function
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Chair skirting extending to the floor covers up the swivel, glider or rocker mechanisms used on the bottom of chairs.
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Style
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Chair skirting adds decoration and softness to the bottom of a chair. It gives a traditional and feminine appearance to a chair.
Benefits
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Chair skirting can refresh an existing chair with unattractive or marred legs. It is less expensive and labor intensive to add a skirt onto a chair than to change out the legs.
Considerations
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Floor-length chair skirting becomes very dirty when the chair is placed in a high traffic area or a location where pets can sleep up against it.
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