Since I moved out on my own I have reupholstered numerous pieces of furniture, including a chair in my dorm room using a glue gun and a couch in my first house using a $3.00 flat sheet, a major improvement to what the couch had been.
This year it became apparent that the hand me down chairs that I have had for twelve years had seen better days and it was time for a update, I told my mom that I was looking for some new chairs and so one day she found six matching chairs at the goodwill for $5.00 each. These were horribly ugly and filthy but some paint and new fabric would make them something that I would let come into my house. I do not care for cane back chairs but painted dark walnut the are really nice.
So as I said this was not my first time refinishing furniture, so on Saturday i started taking them apart. I removed thousands of staples from the cushions, this was very time consuming and tough on my one shoulder. I then covered the cushions in a new Asparagus green fabric that I had got on clearance, saving me lots on the cost of redoing the chairs. I then primed and painted the chairs and then put them back together.
I love how they turned out, they are very elegant and fit the style of my house, though now I am itching to refinish my table, though I will have to wait till I get some help because my table ways a ton. In all the chairs ended up costing me $65.00 for six chairs.
Projects like these chairs are something that anyone can do. you could even take eclectic chairs and finish them in the same finishes and they would look great. Don't ever think be cause you can't afford to buy new that you have to have ugly or out of date furniture.
Start small, with something like a chair that the cushion can come off or a all wood piece. I have found that it is way more fulfilling to be able to make something great out of something most people would throw away
