Re-upholstering the Dining Room Chairs

Greg inherited a dinning room table set from his Aunt/Grandfather last Spring and so we decided to re-upholster the chairs (they were pretty beaten up).  We still need to refinish the wood (or repaint), but for first timers, with few tools, I think we did an alright job!

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,,20425752,00.html

We (meaning my Dad) ended up cutting out a new base and gluing a high density foam (purchased online) onto the board, then covered it with the batting.  All following the video instructions.  The glue was a little sticky, and hard to work with so we didn't get exactly what we wanted out of the shape of the cushion, but it worked and we are overall happy with our new chairs!

We added cording, I think it made it a little more polished, but it did take a bit of effort. 

We ended up stapling these as well.

Final product....took longer than we thought but we have six new chairs to sit on!  Now to refinish and re-stain all the wood pieces (ugh)!