As hideous as they are, you would have thought that might have motivated me a bit to get them covered or reupholstered or SOMETHING. And yet, here we are cruising towards two years of ownership in their glorious pink state.
I finally found some inspiration to make these something I am proud to have in my home. Pinterest (what did we do before Pinterest I wonder?) had shown me this person who took the time to link their chair re-upholstery project to their blog. Someone probably pinned that, which someone else pinned and so on until I pinned it. I couldn't believe it. It was like my chairs long lost triplet! Here's the blog link for those who are interested.
I saw that and I knew, that was THE project for 2013. It has to get done. I went to my favorite place for all things crafty - Jo-Ann Fabrics. What do you know? They were having a 50% foam sale. Don't mind if I do! I bought enough to cover the two chairs for the 1 inch stuff and enough for 1 seat cushion (got towards the end of the sale, pickings were slim). I had purchased enough to qualify me for an additional 30% off my purchase of sale or clearance items the following week. Awesome! I spent so much time picking out the foam and looking at fabric that I didn't have time to look at the batting. So I went back and bought the already 50% off batting for an additional 30% off. SWEET! The only thing we have left to settle on is the fabric. Right now that is 60% off. IF I had my act together I would have been able to use that additional 30% off of the fabric too, but you can't have it all right? The fabric my husband and I both liked is no longer available (what I get for waiting on making a purchase). So now we are back to the drawing board.
So far total investments:
$10 for the chairs
$94.93 for the foam so far and tack remover
$38.07 for the batting and two 16x16 pillows
-$50 in gift cards (hooray Christmas!)
Left to buy:
Fabric
Foam for 1 seat ($22)
Staples
Cardboard Tack Strips
Metal Tack Strips
Curve Ease
Cording
My goal is to do both chairs for under $250, but it will probably be closer to $300 when I am done. That leaves $157 left in my budget. I am trying to keep my fabric pricing down, but we will see how I do. That's going to be the part that may break me. *fingers crossed*
