Dining Chairs

I have re-covered Sam's Grandma's dining chairs - and I am very pleased with them. They have a retro yet modern look to them now and I think that fits in with the room very well.
I tried the fabric both ways and decided I liked the vertical stripes best.

I then had to strip the chairs down and replace the foam with some new padding. I held this in place with some double sided tape.

Next I centered the fabric with the pattern on the chair and stapled it in place pulling it tight as I went. I used the old cover as a cutting pattern and cut all four out using a similar stripe as the centre point. It was not possible to use exactly the same stripe as this would have wasted too much fabric, but each pair of chairs matches.



















Finally I tacked the original hessian back on to cover any raw edges - and there it is: a complete chair - repeat process three more times and I am finished!


I am going to spray the fabric with some scotchguard to help protect it. I have some fabric left so am thinking about making a runner for the table - maybe something like this -



This is how they used to look - I think May would approve the new look!