I've got a staple gun & I'm not afraid to use it!

In an ideal world, I'd have an air powered nailer and staple gun. I just like the sound it makes, it sounds like progress and makes me think of hunky roofers workin' in the sun. (Sorry honey, but it does) Since this is not an ideal world, I have an electric staple gun and no nailer (yet). It still makes alot of racket and it gets the job done, but it doesn't sound nearly as cool. The other day when I was using it, I started getting a headache from all the stapling. I didn't want to stop working because I really wanted to get the project done. That's when I asked Henry if we had any ear plugs. His response was "No", BUT in his brilliance (see how I slipped that in there to make up for the comment about the roofers?) he added "but I DO have some shooting ear protection in my hang gun box if you'd like to use that". Perfect, now I was back in business. I downed some ibuprofen and procured the ear protection.

I'd like to think there's a certain Charlies Angels look to the photo... No? Ok, onto the project then.

So I've been coveting these leather Parsons chairs for some time. Ideally I'd like to build (because they are waay over priced) a square wooden table that seats 8, and add 8 Parsons chairs so that when friends come over we will have a super comfy place to sit and hang out because, it's very difficult to fit 8 people on a couch and a lazy boy which is all the seating we have in the living room. Here's another example of "want vs. get", you remember about that from an earlier post. I want leather Parsons chairs,

I have 6 regular dining room chairs with fabric covered seats (NOT good when you have kids), so what I get when I combine the two is this:

Together with my table (which is a rectangle not a square), it looks like this:

Now I am not a professional upholsterer, but I think I did ok. I admit that there are a few more wrinkles in the corners than I would have liked, but that's what you get when you add together an amateur, thick fabric, and tight corners. I will probably add more staples later, but for now I'm done. They're not leather Parsons chairs, but the vinyl will definitely be easier to clean than the fabric was, and it gives them an updated look. Best of all, I got the vinyl on red tag clearance at Joann for only $6/yd, so when you figure that I got 2 1/4 yds that's only $13.50 for 6 chairs instead of $150 for 1, and I have a little bit of vinyl left over for some random project. I'll take it!