This weekend J and I stayed home in an effort to recharge and save money! :-) I had a couple of DIY projects that I wanted to begin/finish; this is one of them!
We "inherited" these folding chairs when we moved to Cali. My vintage table only had 2 chairs, not exactly good for having people over to dinner!
I had seen a couple of folding chair revamps on Pinterest- where else?! And decided to give it a try.
In total this cost us around $16.
$8 for one yard of fabric and $8 for two cans of spray paint.
We headed to JoAnn Fabric where J spotted this adorable vintage but yet modern fabric. 
The first step is to take off what ever cushions you have on your chairs, ours had a top piece- which screwed in. And a bottom piece- that was held in with rivets. Basically to get the rivets out you just squeeze around the base and then push them through the hole. Make sense?
Next step was recovering the cushions. Now, I am in no way a pro at this! Lay the cushion down on the the fabric and pull it tight. I usually staple the middle section of each side first. Then just continue stapling until you're all covered up.
The hardest part was the top cushions. They were slightly curves, something I didn't know before. Thank goodness my fabric had a bit of stretch which allowed me to cover them with out wrinkles.
Next we took the chairs and spray painted them using Rustoleum in SatinLagoon. Spray paint has come along way! They have so many colors to choose from!
Three very light coats was what it took for ours to go from ugly gray to fabulous teal.
Let the chairs dry for a couple of hours. Then re-assemble.
*Because our bottom cushions had rivets- I just put an ample amount of hot glue around the rivets before shoving them through the holes. You can buy a rivet gun- but that seemed like something we didn't really need.
J's concern is that the paint might scuff off- but hopefully we're careful!
They look much better sitting at the table now. :-)
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