Re-Upholstery Update for a Metal Folding Chair

When my young daughter made the transition from a booster chair to a "big girl" chair at the kitchen table, she had such a hard time sitting still long enough to eat. I suspected that it was the hard wooden chair and in a pinch, I had her sit on a padded metal folding chair. It really helped, she was able to sit still a little longer and let us all get through the meal.

After sitting on that chair for each meal during the past year, the fabric was getting really disgusting. So, I replaced it. Here is the before picture:

The seat on my chair is attached with these plastic screw things. I just gently tapped them from the bottom with a hammer and the came right out.

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The upper cushion was attached with three metal screws. I used a flat head screwdriver to pull out all the staples. Hundreds of 'em. I couldn't believe how many had been used to hold the original fabric in place.

Since this was my first re-upholstery project, as I removed the staples,  I paid attention to how the fabric had been pulled and placed with the staples.

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I stapled the new fabric down and trimmed it up next to the staples to get rid of the excess fabric.

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Repeated the same steps with both cushions.

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The finished product. It went pretty quickly, once I got all the staples removed. The fabric I used is called So Sophie, designed by Riley Blake. It is laminated cotton, so that all the spills can be wiped clean after each meal. Now that I've got the chair put back  together, I am really tempted to spray paint the chair. I am thinking either the dark teal or the mustard yellow would look really good. We'll see how ambitious I get. :) And whether or not I could find the right color of spray paint. hmm....

I am happy with how it turned out and it was easier than I expected. I've got another identical chair, which I plan to do the same re-upholstery with. Guess I better decide if I am spray painting them first. :)