Recovering chairs :)

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Old 12-22-2010, 09:46 PM
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When my mom came to visit me to help me "purge" my house of unneeded items we decided to recover my dining room chairs :) Not only did we recover them BUT they WERE held together with bungee cords that we removed and replaced with the screws needed :)

It was a hand-me-down table and chairs but now it has fabric and tablecloths (on sale at Wal-mart) that coordinate with my wall portraits in my kitchen :)
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Nice job!
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Great job! Best of all everything will coordinate! Isn't that cool.
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Old 12-22-2010, 09:56 PM
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Congratulations! I love to recover chairs - feels like I'm getting new furniture!
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Old 12-23-2010, 12:27 AM
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Brand new chairs!
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Old 12-23-2010, 02:34 AM
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Nice job, and I know you will enjoy the new look.
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Old 12-23-2010, 02:35 AM
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Nice job. Feels like brand new doesn't it?
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Dont you just love it! Something old can be made purdy again with a little help, nice work!
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Glad you did that! I've done it many times in the past, went from dining chairs to a swivel chair to a sofa! I loved doing the upholstery until I just couldn't handle things anymore.
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Originally Posted by clem55
Glad you did that! I've done it many times in the past, went from dining chairs to a swivel chair to a sofa! I loved doing the upholstery until I just couldn't handle things anymore.
We are debating on if it is worth doing my two couches. I just can't help but think we could find a slipcover that I like that will work great for less than it would cost us for fabric and labor ... still debating but I know that when the baby gets here in March I will have some type of recovered couches :)
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