My Latest Project

My parents bought us some furniture for Christmas this year. I love the dining room set but I knew I wanted to change it just a bit. Well, the kiddos have been at my parents for a couple days and I had a ton of things to do (finish up Christmas shopping, stocking stuffers, Christmas menus, laundry, etc). In the back of my head, I thought I wanted to try and reupholster those chairs.



My Christmas shopping brought me to IKEA with two friends, I am decided to look at the fabric. The price was right and I knew I wanted to try.


I think my husband was apprehensive watching me unscrew the seat, cut the fabric and begin stapling. But once he saw the first chair, he even joined in;)



Now we have pretty(er) chairs. I still can't believe we managed to finish it before Christmas!



So here is what I needed for 6 chairs:

1. 3 yards of fabric.....that was plenty of fabric. I have some leftover and was thinking about making a table runner.
2. stable gun
3. staples
4. scissors
5. screws
6. screwdriver

Now my chairs were older, so once I unscrewed the screw removing the seat, I realized that I needed new screws in new spots. This is where my husband came in. He was in charge of attaching the seat once it was covered.

I think the project took about 2 hours. And....now I am the owner of a staple gun.....what's next!!?!?!?!?!?