Reupholstering a dining chair

We did this project a while back and it's one of my favorites! We were given this table and it needed a little work. The cushions were a weird brown color so we made it work until we could decide on a fabric we both loved! 

Before

We were walking through Hobby Lobby and Eric found this awesome Chevron pattern! Totally shocked he picked something out of the "comfort zone" but I REALLY liked the green so we went for it. We started with a yard of fabric just to be safe considering we haven't reupholstered ANYTHING before. It was pretty exciting though I was so ready to cover up those nasty cushions!   

We gathered our tools

•Screw driver

•Staple gun

•Needlenose Pliers

•Scissors 

So, to start is easy enough flip the chair over and unscrew the cushion from your frame. From every tutorial Ive watched people stapled batting to the seat first but we skipped that step. Our seats are good in the cushy department, so we jumped right into cutting our fabric. Leave yourself at least 2 inches on all sides, we did about 4 inches just because were nervous Nelly's:).

Center your cushion on the fabric making sure your pattern is straight. Pull the fabric tight and put in your first staple, now every couple inches repeat! Keep checking to make sure you're not crooked because that would suck, trust me thats why we had our needle nose pliers ready{I knew it would happen}. Thats just part of the learning process and thankfully staples aren't permanent. 

The corners are where it gets a little tricky! Making small folds that will be hidden on the underside of the cushion was the easiest way to get that SMOOTH corner you want. We did end up flipping over our cushion a few times to make sure we were good! That does save you the trouble of pulling out staples if you're not 100% happy. Once we finished we trimmed some excess fabric and reattached the cushion to our chair! TA DAH!!!!!

After

We're loving the new look! {Super proud} 

We finally finished all four chairs. It took us about a week an a half but it's not surprising considering we have a 1 year old! We got it done while she was either napping or down for the night. Kallie seems to love them as much as we do, she always wants to sit in the BIG Girl chair. 

The break down was super cheap all we bought was fabric so we only ended up spending $25!