Our dining room table is a hand-me-down, hand-me-down. My sister got the table and chairs about 15 years ago from my dad's friend who had it for who knows how long. So, it has been put to good use. The style is more contemporary than everything else in our house, but for a free table and chairs, it's great! My sister said when it was in her house, people commented that it looks like it was from Crate and Barrel. The worst part of the table and chairs are the cushions on the chairs. They are black vinyl, and while they might go with almost anything, they remind me of the cushions on bar stools in a 70's bar.
I decided that I wanted to cover the cushions when we moved into our new house. But, I wanted to wait until I decided what color we were going to paint the walls. We decided on a light gray, but have yet to paint it. Last week when I was in Hobby Lobby I was looking for fabric for my bulletin boards in my classroom. I came across a fabric on clearance, $5/foot. The color is a perfect blend of grays and browns. I came home and started covering. The seat cushions came off fairly easily. I stretched the fabric over the black vinyl (the new fabric is thick enough you can't see the old beneath it) and used the glue gun to glue the fabric. The hardest part is screwing the cushion back on the chair.
I am happy with the result and can't wait to finish the entire room! The new fabric gives the chairs a much more updated look.
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