Project Chair Recovering

While Jack's parents were in town we I roped them into helping me with a project I had planned for many months now but never had the umph to actually break down and do it. Jack and I were very fortunate to inherit some great furniture from his family when he moved out of the house/got married. We barely spent any money after our wedding on furnishing our new pad because we were given a great dining room set, had hand me down living room furniture, were passed along some great dressers and beds for our bedrooms, etc. So while we loved our "new" furniture I always knew there was some updating that needed to be done. Mainly, our dining room chairs. Jack's dad grew up with the dining set that we now have. His parents had them recovered quite a number of years ago and while they looked great when redone, I'm sure, by the time we received them they were looking a little worse for wear. The quality was still in great condition but the style/color were a bit dated. So, we celebrated our country's birthday by re-doing some outdated furniture!! Then we enjoyed the new chairs with a yummy dinner. Good times!

the original cover that we took off (forgot to get a before picture, shucks)

Jack's dad slaving over his cushion trying to get the 80+ staples removed from the back!

How many does it take to recover a chair?! Actually, all 4 of us!

Jack and Gary did a great job getting the corners exactly how I wanted them. I was a task-master!

The finished products!! We love them :)

Then we relaxed outside with cold drinks...our cups were so patriotic.

Jack's excited about the 4th!

Our fun decorations...Jack found the flags in our garage, woohoo! Pretty flowers from Jennie.

Jack and I forgot to get dressed up for dinner..oh well, at least we wore the right colors!

What did you do for the 4th?!