It was time I gave the dining room a facelift. Instead of the typical “paint and new furniture” take on a room makeover, my mom and I decided to go a different route. We rearranged the furniture, hung new artwork, and I reupholstered the table chairs. My parents have had the same dining room set since they were married (we’re talking 30 years here). The set is a great piece of quality furniture, but it needed a little lovin’. I’ve never reupholstered before, so this was a very “lets see what happens” type of project. As it turned out, the whole project was quite simple once I got the hang of everything.
- First I unscrewed all of the seats from the chair frame and then ripped off the old fabric
- Once the chairs were taken apart, I cut the new fabric to fit the chair, giving myself about three inches of extra fabric on all four sides of the chair
- Next came the staple gun-my new favorite power tool. I stretched the fabric as tight as I could across the seat and stapled the fabric in the middle on each side to secret it in place
- I worked towards each of the ends of the seat, using staples quite frequently
- Once the fabric was secured tightly to the seat, I screwed the bottoms back on to the chair frames
- Done!
It was so cool to see the transformation of the dining room with such simple upgrades. For less than $100, my mom and me gave the dining room a completely new look. just in time for the holidays.
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