No more dirty chairs

Finally we have clean dining room chairs!  We no longer have to be  completely embarrassed or bring up new chairs for our guests to sit in just so they don't have to sit on this......

 And this......

 Yes, totally gross, disgusting, stained beyond help chair pads.  When we would apologize for this disaster and offer a different chair, most people just laughed (and then willingly accepted a new chair), my mom friends sympathized and to family it just became the norm.  But you know it's bad when other KIDS come over and don't even want to sit in 'those chairs'.  

How did they get this way you ask?........................

AND......................

 

Yep, as cute as they are those little boogers can make any meal a mess and will use anything (yes anything including a chair pad) as a napkin.

It was really just their chairs that were beyond disgusting, but when you change one, you might as well change them all so they match.

So, we ripped off the seat cushions and got to work.................

 

 We didn't get too funky with our material although we had hoped to something more fun and bright.  We found a lot of cool fabric that we really liked, but it was either way more $$ than we wanted to spend or it wasn't meant for upholstery.  So, we stuck with the basic boring beige.  A little darker than what we had, but we stain guarded the heck out of them this time.  

 Wow, you're impressed I can do this right?  I mean this required screwdrivers, nail guns and a power drill.  Well, I have a secret weapon...........

 Yep, that's my hubs who can fix or repair just about anything!  Best thing is, he likes to help with things like this and has a way better eye for detail than I do.  I did do a few staples with the gun just so I could say I've used a staple gun, but most of the work I can't take credit for.

Here's the final project.  A new, clean chair pad.  Not to exciting, but not dirty either!  The whole project cost us less than $20 which was exciting though!