Now that baby girl is maintaining a predictable nap schedule, I have been able to start thinking of new projects to begin. The trick with these projects is picking something that will improve our lives instead of just costing money. ;) Since the day we bought our dining room chairs we have planned to reupholster them. In fact, before we even found the chairs, I had decided the type of fabric and color I wanted to have on them! However, being pregnant and then being a first time mommy did not immediately lend time to the endeavor.
Thanks to Jo-Anns I finally committed to the project! A 40% off sale on upholstery fabric coupled with a 20% off your entire purchase coupon got me and the hubby to the store to make a decision. The fabric was picked, cut, and bought. 9 yards for about $30! After about two naptimes and one afternoon, our chairs have now been stripped of their initial coverings and reupholstered with gorgeous teal fabric. I am LOVING the result and look!!!!!
The dining room is almost complete. Anyone have any ideas for more mid mod style artwork?
What is your reupholstering story? Was your experience good or bad?
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| Here is the before picture. The cream/yellow fabric was the last owner's reupholstering job. |
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| Yuck. |
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| This was the original fabric under one set of chairs. Double YUCK! |
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| And the other original fabric (or rather vinyl) under the second set. Actually, not half bad but DIRTY. |
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| Voila! The newly reupholstered chair! Love the teal fabric. |
Love, love, LOVE my "new" chairs! I hope that you love them too!
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