My First Re-Upholstery Project {Chair Makeover}

I have always been scared of re-upholstering something! Maybeit's because I'm clumsy and I am terrified I will end up stapling my fingers!Or maybe its because in the past when I've wanted to purchase a stapling gun thingy my husband would say "those things are powerful" I guess hefeels the same way about my clumsiness. But when I finally found a desk for my sewing machine, the lady I purchased the desk from was selling two oak chairs for $20. I told her I only needed one for the desk and without asking shesaid I could have it for $5!  So I ended up getting a desk and chair for just $20!  Here is what the chair looked like before...

I took it outside to paint it and removed  the sitting pad 

part and the ugly pink pipping all around.. 

Here is the naked chair....

and here it is with the first coat of paint.

I used BERH's ultra white paint and primer mix..

here it is after three coats of paint...

 I took it inside after it dried, ordered yellow chevron

fabric off of etsy and went out to buy the stapler!

A week later I was ready to finish the chair!

The first staple was awesome! lol It is powerful!

Excuse my upholstery newbie self getting all excited over a stapler! 

Here is the finished product...

and here is my lovely little imperfect but perfect for me chair..

and some Before and Afters...

What do you think? Not bad for a first time huh?

Have you ever re-upholstered something?

I would love to hear about it and maybe see pics!

Share some links with me please! :)

This chair is now in my guest/craft room which I will

be sharing a reveal of this week!! :D