What do you do with 6 chairs that come with a dining table and you don’t need them?
You clean, recover them and then re-sell.
When I was looking for a table to use on our back patio, I found the perfect table to refinish and weatherproof.
However, it came with 6 chairs that I could have sanded and weatherproofed as well, but due to the detailing, it would have been too time consuming.
So, I found some heavy duty, scotch-guarded material in my fabric stash and re-covered each chair.
This was what the cushions looked like prior to me cleaning and recovering them. YUK!
I removed the nasty fabric and used this heavy, stain resistant material. There! that’s better!
Here’s an up close, of the material I used. It’s a tan, brown, white and light green stripe.
These chairs really cleaned up nicely and I was able to re-sell them this past weekend.
I made enough to pay for the material and the $30.00, that I paid for the set.
The table and chairs was a fun and profitable project!
Now I’m on to a new project….I found a metal coffee table and 2 side tables that are missing their glass tops.
I plan to re-paint the metal and have granite tops cut and attached to the base.
Have a great week!
Blondray <3
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