hey grace! the chairs look great! i have that same brady fabric in my stash and it’s so cheery and really looks great against the black. -joy

the chairs look great! the frame doesn’t bother me a bit. they are simple enough to be able to put a loud fabric on and not look like “too much”.

what’s so crappy about the ROGER chair? I have several and they are actually holding up rather well, no complaints here. I love Ikea!!!!!!!!!! I have a mix of Ikea and what you would call “good furniture” in my big beautiful house and it looks delightful. ;)

Holy cow! Not only planning to make dinner, but making time to freshen up your chairs! They look amazing!

They look great! Love that fabric. I think you might love the chairs more if they were painted glossy white. For some reason a black chair does not seem like “Grace” to me ;)

you’re so right, angie. that’s what bugs me about them (aside from being too small and uncomfortable). the black. ugh. but ac has forbid me from trying to paint furniture on my own anymore- i always manage to ruin things that way ;)

d*s

Small world… I did the same thing to the same Ikea chairs a couple of weeks ago.

Yummy fabric
+ boring chair
= acceptable chair.

thanks for answering the question. *rolls eyes*

the question is answered above, ikearocks.

*rolls eyes*

d*s

“you’re so right, angie. that’s what bugs me about them (aside from being too small and uncomfortable). the black.”

I’m new to crafting and I’m curious: how did you staple-gun the fabric without completely covering the seat?

Question about the fabric… is it upholstery weight? Does it matter? I see cute fabrics that I want to use for my dining chairs, but not sure if it’ll work…

Dude, those chairs rock! I’m totally jealous!

i read it, i’m not blind. lol though you aimed the answer to angie, sarcastic little brat.

kearocks- you have to be my favorite commenter of the week. though i think you sadly come in behind richard who always calls me “a rich snotty beeyotch”. i love the word “beeyotch”

anon- the fabric definitely isn’t upholstery weight, but for the price, i didn’t really care. it’s staple gunned over the icky micro-fiber fabric that came with them. i just stapled around the little holes for the screws.

d*s

Get a life, IkeaRocks. Maybe you’re one of the banished Apartment Therapy commenters come to leave trash talk at D*S now?

Anna

grace – you’re so funny, and on fire today! be sure to have the wine chilled for the evening. ;)

the crappy chairs look awesome! yourock, oh, no i mean ikearocks, oh, no i don’t. :)

I love any blog where the writer tosses the word “beeyotch” around! :) And I love what you did with the chairs! Now I’m inspired for my own weekend project!

p.s. ikearocks – i was wondering if we might see your “big beautiful house”, “which looks so delightful.”?

i would LOVE to see the ikea and ‘good furniture’ mix!

now, see me, *rolling my eyes*, bless your little heart.

i think my favorite part of this entire conversation is that not only do none of us like the chair (pre-fix-up), but you are kind enough to supply us with a link should we decide to purchase it!

seriously, they look beautiful! nice work…

hi i am SO pleased to see this. i wanted to buy some of this fabric but wanted to see it on some furniture first. this is gorgeous :) really cheers up those chairs! great job!

Oh my, I had the same chairs, well, my boyfriend bought them. I dumped them in an alley one by one with a note that said “free: please take” over a span of about a year while I replaced them with other chairs. Hilarious.

Grace, if you’re a beeyotch, then that must be new code for talented! Love those chairs! That fabric, whatever the heck it’s made of, takes those chairs up a few notches for sure!

The black doesn’t seem to fit the fabric. maybe that is why you don’t like them. maybe a high-gloss white or orange (pink, even) would make them a little more cohesive? yeah for spray paint!

ha! I have that same fbric! just haven’t found the thing i will use it for yet….

Thanks for the great tip! I have some wooden folding chairs ($40 apiece from Costco 10 years ago) that actually look OK, except for the now-dingy and stained fabric on the seats, which has rendered them the Chairs of Last Resort. And I have a staple gun!