Dining Room Chair Makeover
I’m so excited about my latest project!
About 14 years ago, Phil’s mom gifted us with her dining room set. The whole thing was in pretty bad shape, but we needed it, so we used it. Over the years we’ve learned that it is an antique, and 80 years old, at the very least. We had all the pieces restored when we stopped moving around the country and it is looking really nice.
Except the seats. Let me show you…
Not too bad, eh? Take a closer look.
They’ve been an embarrassment to me every time we have people over. We figure the seat covers are about 30 years old.
Well, my friend Niki is visiting and we took the time over the weekend to finally do something about the chairs. We had Phil removing the seat pads, 4 kids and I removing the nasty fabric and Niki cutting and stapling on the new fabric. It was pretty straight forward work, just time consuming. In about 2 hours we replaced all 6 seat covers. Take a look at them now.
Oh yeah!
Oh, I love it! Great fabric.
Yay new chair covers!
Yay Niki!
Those look great! I love how the new fabric will mask spills and stains. 🙂
Exactly! Beautiful and functional. Though we did spray them with some stain resistant stuff.
Very nice!!
Viola! 🙂
beautiful!
wow, it totally suits those chairs and just looks really really nice, and happy! And then I saw the close up and it must look awesome in person!
Thanks, Jen. Once I saw this fabric, I knew it was The One!
That fabric is beautiful! (Um, PS- I’m blogging again. Just couldn’t stay away, apparently.)
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Thanks, Sandy! And, yay!
Beautiful! That Niki is so crafty, you two make a great team.
We were going to try to do those chairs when you were here, Tami. Do you remember? I’m just glad to have it done.
Wow, that is unbelievable! Nice job. The new fabric really brings out the beauty of the wood.
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Thanks! You can’t see from the pictures, but the fabric looks good with the other colors in the room, too. Bonus!
Yes, now that you mention it. We got sidetracked with your beautiful fire place and built ins.
They are beautiful! Isn’t it amazing what a little fabric can do? It was great seeing all of you last week.