Saving $700.00

That is my goal this weekend :)

Our dining table is the hub of our home.  We eat at it 3 times per day oh yes, but also, it's our school desk, our craft and art table and generally where all things good happen in our home.  Consequently, the chairs are worn to threads....  

How many people have sat upon them I'll never know.  These chairs are the true workhorses in our home, faithfully seating us and our guests for 8 years...  They look terrible don't they - especially the two arm/end chairs (pictured) as we all favour those chairs.

In the Spring, I called the company where we bought the furniture and the quote to re-upholster the 10 chairs was $800.00 plus tax.   That money could be put to much better use around the homestead, so I abandoned my fantasy of having them done professionally, covered the worst chair seats with towels and put off the recovering job until fall when time would be on my side for a project such as this...

Well, Fall is here and the time has come - no more procrastinating, lol.   I found some upholstery fabric that I liked this week and I bought .6 of a metre to bring it home and try it before committing to buying the yardage I needed for all 10 chairs.  It's looks great and when I test sewed a few seams, it sewed up beautifully and didn't fray - all systems go!  The fabric shop agreed to hold the bolt for me until today when a huge sale starts so I'll be able to get the fabric very inexpensively.  I also need to replace the foam on the 2 arm chairs, and buy new batting, but even with those purchases, I'm confident that I'll be saving $700.00 by the time it's all said and done :)

Wish me luck - I'll keep you posted!