Upholstery for beginners

My initial reaction is that that looks like £30 worth of tools.

I am thinking of reupholstering our kitchen chairs, and the only tool I need is an electric staple gun.

All I used for a big sofa was some decent scissors, a sewing machine and most importantly and unpick tool.

If you are going to he hammering in tacks, a decent small claw hammer is a must and a metal 'spudger' for getting old ones out

Looks completely overkill apart from the hammer and the spudger - just get stuck in and it you find you need an extra tool just buy it.

If the OP takes the a look at the padded seat he will probably find that the fabric has been stapled. These days hammering in tacks is possibly only for antique restoration. For decorative tacks a small hammer with a nylon head is probably better.

The wooden mallet would only be required to repair a wooden frame. For instance, glueing a mortice and tenon joint and banging it together, but possibly you would also need suitable clamps to keep it together while the glue dries.

From the 4 and 5 star reviews

The stretcher may be excess to requirements, as my upholstery course just uses a piece of wood as a stretcher.

The pincers were actually next to useless.

Shame that the apron is rather small and 'cheap'.

My late wife had a fairly heavy-duty staple gun for securing fabric to a wooden frame. The OP may get some idea as to what's needed from furniture repairs featured on 'The Repair Shop', although they don't come round that often.

A bit late in the year perhaps, but do check if your Local Authority runs 'Evening Classes' which include upholstery.

My wife did such a course a few years back. She learned quite a few of 'tricks of the trade', and gained a clear idea of what tools were useful[1] and which were a waste of time & money.

When I first started doing upholstery, I used a proper tack hammer, the kind with a magnetic tip. I got pretty good at it, but I've decided that a good staple gun is faster and better for most of what I do.>

Most of those items will be unnecessary, for the job you have in mind, providing you already own basic tools.