Recovering those chairs!

For the Dining room we did go with the acorn filagree pattern available from calico corners. I really is a beautiful fabric and i think the chairs turned out beautifully.

Recovering chairs really is simple, it just can be very time consuming. I was averaging 45min-1hr for each of the chairs. First pull out all of the staples. I used a screw driver to loosen the staple and then pliers to pull the staple out completely.

You will want to have some sort of small dish to put all of those staples in. By the time I was done with all 4 chairs I must have had 1,000 staples in mine! Here is a shot of mine after just a few minutes

Unfortunately I don't have too many more photos of the actual process, but basically you decide how you want the fabric to lay out and then use the piece of fabric that you take off of the chair as a template. Jenny over at Little Green Notebook has a very detailed tutorial if you are looking for more information! For these chairs I had to start in the back, after I did the entire back I went to the front and pulled the pattern tight and made sure it was centered. Then I stapled the front and then went over to the sides of the chair.

And Now for some before and afters:Before, plain white cotton seat cushion..... and then:

Volia! Beautiful. For this particular pattern we weren't able to get too much of it on the seat at one time. However we did want these chairs to look nice from the back, as they are often pushed in and can be viewed from other rooms in the house

Coming up next the playroom!

Dining room

Dining room by caaarlaaa on polyvore.com

some projects...

About a month ago I was working on some renderings for a friends dining room and play room. Here are the designs I came up with

I suggested she add some linen slipcovered chairs to the heads of the table, creating more seating and giving the set a more current look. The artwork needed to stay it was from her grandmother and had always been her favorite as a child. Little touches like that really help to make a room feel so personalized and special. I also suggested we recover the existing chairs in a linen fabric with a black scroll pattern on it. We also went with a dark grey/blue color on her walls to really make the trim pop and add some depth to the room.

She also had a beautiful buffet. I simply suggested that she bring it over to the side wall and add some buffet lamps and a large mirror behind it to add some visual height. Down the road adding something like a ginger jar in the center would again tie in the blue and really fit her style.

Here are some pictures of the chairs that I recovered. Stay tuned for before and after pictures of everything put together!