I bought my dining room set at a consignment shop called Rerun. I intended to reupholster the chairs early on, but here we are six months later . . .
I finally decided on a fabric from Tonic Living and it was a snap to change it out. I flipped over the chair and removed the screws that hold the seat to the chair frame. Then I began the process of removing all the staples. I used a screw driver and a pair of pliers.
Oh hey, there was another layer of fabric under there!
And another. Ick.
I made sure to not vacuum before I put the fabric face down on the ground. That way the fabric would get nice and coated with dog hair.
I cut out a piece of fabric and started stapling it to the chair bottom. I found this staple gun when I bought the house in a kitchen drawer, along with the aforementioned hammer, and a wrench. I love free tools.
Then I trimmed the excess fabric away and screwed the seat back onto the chair frame.
It looks so much better, yes?
Then I started on the rest of the chairs. And promptly ran out of staples. Damn it.