Wednesday, July 22, 2009

My afternoon project

We bought some barstools for a screaming deal 2 years ago when we moved into our house. They were on clearance at Target for about $18.00 each. I didn't LOVE them, but they would work just fine for 2 little boys who were excited to eat up at the island in the kitchen.

I thought that the microfiber seats would hold up alright...or at least I hoped they would.

2 years later......it doesn't matter how hard I scrub, the food, marker, glitter glue, grape juice, and pen stains will NOT come out. It disgusts me every day.

My mother in law suggested I recover them. Today I finally did it. I took the old microfiber off and gagged when I saw how nasty it was underneath. 3 boys really did a number on those babies. I found a cute print and put some heavy duty PLASTIC over the top of them. I staple gunned until I got a couple of blisters on my hand and VOILA......here they are:
I LOVE them now!! I keep thinking about all the TIME I am going to save cleaning up after meals!! Good idea LeeLee....I should have listened to you earlier!

8 comments:

Jamie and Lindsey said...

Wow, they are way cute! Was it hard? I've been thinking about doing the same thing to my dinning chairs.

jayna said...

Those are awesome! I've been thinking of doing something like this with our dining room chairs for the same reasons!

Unknown said...

Ooohhhhh...very nice work my dear! We were at Settlers on Monday BTW, we need to get synchronized better! Any ideas on how to beat this heat? Dollar movie maybe? Like at 10am when no one will mind our screaming 2 year olds??? :)

tatum said...

um hello......so darling, i love it! come do my chairs next.....you crafty devil =)

Katie said...

Adorable! I am impressed!

Allison said...

LOVE the new chairs!!!

Reno 411 said...

Dang domestic diva. I love them. They are so cute.

Drostan and Jennifer said...

I'm just about to recover my chairs and the plastic is genius! Thanks! They look adorable!