Dining Room Chair Slipcovers

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Welcome to The Little Brown House! I have been a little busy this week and have only done one

post! But it was a good one – “These Brownies Are Made With What?“

go check it out if you love chocolate but not calories!

This week I wanted to share a frugal decor find I made.

I have this table and chair set in my living room – it is a big room and this

is where we eat when we have a large group. Our everyday table is just off

the kitchen. So this table doesn’t get used every week.

It means a lot to me. My Mother gave it to me, and it had been the table we

used in my house as I was growing up. Lots of memories.

I had watched my Mom work on stripping it down and restoring it.

She did the same with the chairs. I knew it would break her heart

if I painted any of them, yet I wanted a different look.

I wanted a temporary fix that wouldn’t change the finish.

So I decided to look for slipcover ideas, thinking I could make some.

I found these at Walmart.com for only $10 each! I may have been able

to make them for less as far as material goes, but for the time saved It

was well worth it to me to buy them!

The picture they have on the package looks stretchy and fitted, but they weren’t-

I slipped them on to see how I liked them, then I took them all off

and went and ironed them for my pictures!!

I really like the way they look – since the chairs are wood with no padding,

the covers are somewhat loose and hanging, but I have decided for some

reason that gives them a “beachy” look. And the muslin fabric adds to that

relaxed feeling too. I think it is perfect for summer!

Then I decided I needed to change the look of the table too -

So I set up a little book and lamp area. We don’t eat there often but

we do use it occasionally for games and puzzles.

Please forgive the blinding light!

I set up a few antique books I have. One of them is a copy of “Gone With The Wind”

from the late 1940′s that my Mom gave me -

I may end up padding the chairs a little – to see how that looks. It would

make them more comfortable too. But for now I am going to stay

with this look. That thin and anorexic look is rather in with all

the model/movie star crowd after all. And the closest I will ever come

to that is sitting in one of these chairs…

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