Completed project- recovering dining room chairs

Anyone that knows me will probably already know that I have been re-covering our dining room chairs. I bought these six chairs for £20 about a year ago. They were covered in faux leather which had started to mark and after seeing a friends chairs that she re-covered I decided to give it a go.

Firstly I unscrewed the pads, removed the staples (aided by Mr Jones)- this was easily the longest part of the process. I picked 6 fabrics and then set about re-covering them. Eventually I will sand down the chairs and re-varnish them but it is a bit chilly in the garage at the moment so this part of the job is on hold.

I did treat myself to a new staple gun in order to complete them. This is my beautiful new tool:

I hope you like the results. Fabrics are from Ikea and John Lewis.

All six chairs, from the side

All six chairs, from the front

Chairs in detail

I am now enjoying the chairs with 4 in the dining room, 1 at my dressing table and 1 in my craft room. Mr Jones has even admitted that this is a crazy project that he loves too. I might have to expand to an armchair at some point in the year.

Love,
Mrs Jones
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