Recovering Dining Chairs Extravaganza!

Wow! Almost a year ago was my last post...oops. Since then we've celebrated Peyton's first birthday and she's now 18 months old!

and had a new baby boy: Carter Douglas Farnsworth | 03.22.12 | 8lbs 10oz | 21.5"

This post is not about them. :( It's actually about my latest project. I recently sold my bar height dining table for $100 and purchased an old 1930's table from Salvation Army for $95 and decided to redo the cushions on the chairs. It was so super easy to do, took Farns and I about 2 hours start to finish. Here's a picture montage of us redoing the chairs. Enjoy!

Step 1: Take seat off of chair 

Step 2: Cut foam (I got 2" regular density because you could feel the screws throw the old chair pad) into the shape of the seat 

Step 3: Put foam underneath seat on the fabric you've chosen (I had to piece together the foam since our seats were huge!) 

Step 4: Wrap the fabric, pulling really tight and using a cheapo staple gun to staple into place. This worked best with another person pulling the fabric tight so the other person could staple it down. I put about 200 staples in each chair, but it's secure! 

Step 5: Do the corners last, just fold the fabric over so it looks intentional and not wrinkled. 

Step 6: Scotch Guard that sucker like crazy! We did several coats since we have white in our fabric and we have two chicklets under 18 months. 

Step 7: After you're super sure the Scotch Guard has dried, screw the seats back on! 

 TADA!