I have a “thing” for chairs. All old furniture really, but for some reason I end up with lots of chairs. It’s probably because they’re small enough for me to pick-up and move by myself, and because they’re so easy to transform with a slipcover or new upholstery. At one of my recent family gatherings someone said, “you know you have 31 chairs in your house.” I just nodded and smiled as I was thinking of the others in my garage. I sound like a hoarder but I’m really not. I have a large family and when we get together there could be 30 people at my house. I have two dining room tables, one seats 10 and the other seats 8. When I have people over I’ll often have another table pulled up to my long 10 seat table.
All that to show my new slipcovered dining room chairs. I’ve had the chairs forever. They’re all mismatched and looking very old because they usually sit on my back patio where the Florida weather really takes a toll on them. I’ve been wanting to make slipcovers for a long time but just haven’t done it. Then when I was in the check-out line at Harbor Freight a few weeks ago I spotted drop cloths for $6.99. I picked up a couple to see if they would work. Here’s what I came up with:
- This chair skirt I call a faux box pleat. There’s probably a proper name for this but I don’t know it, so I say faux box pleat because it’s not really a box pleat.
When I get them all finished I’ll update the pictures. I think they turned out really great. Not at all like dropcloth. What do you think?
Raye Landreneau says
March 4, 2020 at 5:45 pmVans fam?
Georgia acres says
November 3, 2013 at 2:53 pmI love the second one ! Your right it is not a box pleat it is a pencil pleat, or a tennis skirt pleat. Anyway it is very good!!