We bought these chairs and the cute, glass-top table that matches in 2013 for our home in Dunnellon. It was a super cheap Craigslist find. Even back then, BC (before child), we knew we'd need to recover these seats though. off-white is just not a good look for upholstered kitchen chairs.
So, you may recognize the material from the dressing screen project a couple months back. I'm all about using up my materials AND tying common threads (pun intended!) throughout the house.
This was a relatively easy project considering I haven't ever reupholstered anything. Granted, a seat cushion is pretty easy to tackle; there isn't much learning curve.
I turned the chairs upside down on the table, unscrewed the seat cushions, draped and tightened the new fabric over the old (yes, I know), and then screwed them back on.
Now, here's the thing, I still need to trim a little bit of the excess off. Plus I want to add a few furniture staples to secure it all. But all in all this was an easy, fast way to get a fresh new look in our kitchen!
UPDATE: now that I've had all the chairs recovered and I've had time to really look them over and get used to the new printed fabric, I'm starting to feel like a fresh, new color on the metal would be a great idea. And would most likely better suit the fabric choice than the metallic grey/black with gold accents. Repainting them would require taking the cushions off again, but I considering how easy that is, it'd be so worth it if the color is spot on.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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