DIY Project #2

So..... after almost a year of Tyler telling me he wanted to throw out that chair on the left. I decided I should finally get around to reupholstering it. Sadly, I didn't take official BEFORE pictures, again. So these two are the only ones I've got: 

Tyler isn't really big into doing "projects", but if he HAS  to be involved then his most favorite part is the "demolition". For this chair it required removing LOTS of staples. He told me after he was done removing most all of them he would be a happy man if he NEVER saw another staple again in his ENTIRE life. 

I sort of chuckled and said, well we have to staple the new fabric on, but I'm sure that putting them in will be much more exhilarating than taking them out. If there's one thing we've learned about DIY projects it's that it's SO much better when you have the right tools! Lucky for us, my parent's have all sorts of tools so we went to their house and used my Dad's air compressor staple gun. Man-- that thing has some umph behind it! Tyler definitely was more satisfied during that part of the project. 

This was half way through... with all the previous fabric removed and the wood sanded down a bit. 

Finally, the AFTER! 

I thought it would look really cool to have a nail head trim covering the staples right along the wood, however from what I read online it is VERY time consuming, unless you buy them in the pre-fastened long ropes. Tyler informed me we could try that out next time...... :) I found some really inexpensive base tape (?) I think it what it was called, at Walmart for $1.44 and it easily covered the staples. If we learned anything during this project-- it being our first piece of furniture we've ever done-- it's that it's learn as you go. If  (when we do it again) I'll staple the bottom first and then stretch up towards the top. It was a little looser than I would have liked in that one spot where your behind butts up the back part.  

All in all I spent $28 for supplies and  I think I only paid $5.00 for the chair originally. Not too bad. I love how it turned out and of course the experience we gained in the process was quite valuable as well. :)