Some holiday upholstery

Sorry for the post drought. I have been on a month long holiday back home in sunny Sydney and found that after dealing with Jetlag, taking mini-breaks within the holiday, attending a good friend's wedding and visiting friends and family, i didnt have much time for posting! But never fear, because i was building up a nice little list of items that i must share.

First are these cute little dining chairs.

When i got home, my mum asked if i would mind recovering some little dining chairs she had picked up from the side of the road for our big Christmas dinner. My dad had already painted over the wood with white paint and i had come armed with some Cath Kidston oilcloth in Provence Rose blue and green from the UK. I only got half a metre of each so it came to £20 for the lot. We managed to cover 5 chairs too (with a little left over for some makeup bags perhaps?), so at £4 each plus the paint, the whole new look was a bargain!

Dad and i got out the staplegun and spent my first day home recovering the seats. They went from ugly black seats destined for the tip to gorgeous floral chairs with a new lease of life in no time.

Not bad for a bit of holiday upholstery!