My first chair reupholster!

This was a tiring job, let me tell you. First of all, I spent the morning carting my two kids around with me on a journey to find the materials to fix this old chair. It is a chair that my grandparents bought years ago and wanted to fix up but never did, so it rotted in their back room for decades. I rescued it, mainly for the beautiful carved wood. The fabric on it was disgusting and I could tell springs had fallen out the bottom already. So, back to my tiring day- It turns out Home Depot does NOT carry anything for upholstering, the closest item they have is thumb tacks. Not quite. After there, we went to Goodwill on a hunt for cheaply priced fabric. I have such great luck at Goodwill! I find table cloths, sheets, blankets, and today...I found the perfect red and cream striped fabric, in the form of a curtain. It turned out to be the perfect amount to cover the seat and back, and for a mere $4.00. Then we made it to the fabric store where we found the webbing, tacks, and foam seat. I should have bought cotton batting for more fill, but I just couldn't afford it. This is a project that I needed to do for almost free, and I ended up spending $30 total. So after we got the supplies home, I tried to work off and on as my kids let me and then in the afternoon my husband took them outside and I was able to finish the seat. I had to throw out all of the old materials in the seat, they were just too far gone. I would even have thrown out the springs and put in a board under the foam seat but I didn't have access to wood. So I left the springs, minus the one that was missing. I also found a surprise- a child's charm bracelet was inside of the chair when I opened it up, stuck on the springs! Who knows how old it is or whose it was. A little history mystery left for me. :) So once the old material was out of the seat and the springs were cleaned up a little, I put the webbing across the bottom of the chair to support the springs. Then I added some ripped rags for stuffing around the foam seat, and I laid an old crib liner over it to smooth it out (those white absorbent things, moms know what they are) and began covering. I did the bottom in a separate fabric, just for fun. I found it pretty easy to use upholstery tacks, and avoided staples once again. I did run out of decorative tacks, though, so at some point maybe I'll get some more. The chair is now very comfortable and looks a LOT better than before, but it is far from perfect. It was my first attempt at reupholstering, and I am glad I got my feet wet. I think one day when we have some extra money I will get some cotton batting for fill in the seat, since you can see the square outline from the foam and that does annoy me. But at least for now, we can enjoy a previously hidden and unused chair. Some pictures: