You guys. I thought this was a 3-4 hour job.

[cville]

Um, not if you pick a geometric print and your initial seatcovers were put on by Swedes on steroids. Hola Ikea.

Thank goodness I love it or I'd be sobbing now.

I put a before in there too.

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[ginger]

PRETTY!

[cuddlyevil]

I like it!

[specialk]

They look great! So much better. Nice work.

[pantsparty]

Great job! Re-covering chairs is a bitch!

[aprilsails]

I love that print - I'm sure it was a pain but those are totally worth it.

Awesome redo!

[trafficgirl]

It looks really great!

[melodramatic26]

Those look great!! Did you have instructions you followed? I keep daydreaming about doing this...

[cville]

In case you're wondering, the pattern is centered the same on every chair. I feel like I must tell everyone this because if you didn't notice, I'd cry.

[cville]

May 5, 2015 15:57:25 GMT -5 melodramatic26 said:

Those look great!! Did you have instructions you followed? I keep daydreaming about doing this...

Nah. It's pretty intuitive. Pull out staples, remove cover, cut our new covers, staple them on.

[compassrose]

Love it! How long did it take you in the end?

[starryfish]

where is this furniture from? I love it!

ETA: I see IKEA....what is is called?

[firelight1210]

I really like the pattern! Great job!

[cville]

May 5, 2015 15:57:54 GMT -5 cville said:

In case you're wondering, the pattern is centered the same on every chair. I feel like I must tell everyone this because if you didn't notice, I'd cry.

See? The same. Yes. I quoted myself.

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[angelaa73]

Im astounded at how much money you've put into this.

[gault]

That is really nice!

[cville]

May 5, 2015 15:59:59 GMT -5 compassrose said:

Love it! How long did it take you in the end?

Probably two hours to remove the old covers. Freaking Ikea put 25 staples ON EACH SIDE, 100 per chair.

Another two to make the pattern, do the math (like it was a 9" repeat but the chair seats are 15.5 x 16.5), cut them out, iron and scotch guard them.

An hour and a half to staple the covers on (I had to redo one that got askew) and then like 20 minutes to reinstall the seats.

[cville]

May 5, 2015 16:02:11 GMT -5 angelaa73 said:

Im astounded at how much money you've put into this.

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The fabric cost $25 and I borrowed the staple gun.

[spwspw]

My grad school roommate did this to our dining room chairs and was also surprised at how long it took. So surprised that she never reinstalled 2 of the 4 chairs. :/

[compassrose]

Still, 5.5 hours isn't bad! And they look fantastic!

I've been helping my mom do hers-- also a crazy number of staples and I beat my hands to hell getting them out. Took about 1/2 hr per chair and she has 10 chairs 

[Alex]

Love them. I would have cried midway through the second one.

[Monica Geller]

May 5, 2015 16:00:30 GMT -5 cville said:

May 5, 2015 15:57:54 GMT -5 cville said:

In case you're wondering, the pattern is centered the same on every chair. I feel like I must tell everyone this because if you didn't notice, I'd cry.

See? The same. Yes. I quoted myself.

Impressive!!!

[cville]

May 5, 2015 16:06:59 GMT -5 Alex said:

Love them. I would have cried midway through the second one.

I had a massage scheduled for right after I had to yank all the staples from the one that got crooked. That's the only thing that kept me going.

[sewpinkgal]

They look fantastic! So much better than the before picture, but yes, working with any stripe or geometric print fabric with a strong repeat is a total PITA. I bet you're thrilled it's done.

[angelaa73]

No. The 5.5 hours. !

[cville]

May 5, 2015 16:16:15 GMT -5 angelaa73 said:

No. The 5.5 hours. !

Oh, I see. I enjoyed it sort of and will enjoy bragging to anyone who ever compliments or looks twice at the chairs that I made them that way pretty much forever. So ultimately it's a net benefit.

[cville]

May 5, 2015 16:00:20 GMT -5 starryfish said:

where is this furniture from? I love it!

ETA: I see IKEA....what is is called?

Bjursta

[Deleted]

Looks so good!

[WOT?*]

You did a great job. That is some painful perfection getting those all aligned.

[pumpkin]

Those look great and all your hard work definitely paid off