Dining Chairs Redone

When D allows, which is not very often I like to have my breakfast while watching Good Morning America and maybe even squeeze in a little Kelly Ripa. Luckily, I was able to catch GMA the day Lara Spencer shared with us her passion for interior design and she even gave a few tips she uses in her home. One of them, upholstering dining table chairs with shower curtains. Yes, shower curtains! If I was a cartoon character you would have seen a light bulb go on outside my head! It is child resistant which is exactly what we needed. Our old chairs were very gross and only getting more questionable with D's every meal.

Now we were on the search for the perfect shower curtain. Our living area is divided by our sofa and behind it is our dining area. The dominant colors in the area are dark gray and black, white and red. We were looking preferably for a pattern and we wanted to keep the budget low. Our choice of shower curtain:

I am a bit disappointed with the pictures I took..our little monkey was all over us and the project at hand, the not so perfect little helper.

Step One: Unscrew and remove the existing cushion and wipe it clean.

Step Two: Place your cushion on the fabric and cut around it leaving a few inches all around for wrapping.

Step Three: Pull the edges in tightly and hammer in nails to fold everything in place, a staple gun may be a better option but like most people I don't have one. Flip over the cushion and re attach it to the frame. Step back and admire your handiwork or in my case M's handiwork : )

and then go on to do the next three.. but don't forget to do the oh so important before and after comparison.

Voila!