Kitchen chair reupholstery

Since we moved to our house from a little, one bedroom apartment in Seattle, we did not have anything in the way of a table aside from a coffee table and a desk and now we have space for both a kitchen and a dining room table. And since we live in a particularly popular retirement area I decided to check around the local thrift stores for an old dining table to reupholster. I ended up finding one that was a perfect fit for our kitchen area that I could easily update by reupholstering the chairs.

Now for reupholstering kitchen chairs all you'll need is some upholstery fabric, a screwdriver, and a staple gun. I found this great blue print fabric for 50% off at Joanne's. (They always have great coupons. I recommend getting their free app. Then you don't have to clip or remember any coupons.) As for the actual reupholstering, it's actually pretty easy.

1. Unscrew the seat from the frame of the chair.
2. Use a small flat head screwdriver (or whatever tool will fit) to pry the old staples off the back of the seats and remove the old fabric. However, if there is not a lining fabric keeping the padding attached to the chair, do not remove the old fabric, just staple the new fabric over it, unless the old fabric will show through or is too dirty. 
3. If you need to remove the fabric which is keeping the padding attached to the chair make sure to lay the fabric under the padding and kneel on the back of the seat and staple the fabric on each edge on the back of the seat so the fabric stays taught and staple around the edges to secure the fabric.
4. Trim the excess fabric off the seat.
5. Screw the seat back on the frame and voila!

 The kitchen tables with the old fabric.

The chairs with their updated upholstery.