The chairs we inherited after the in-laws got a new dining set are worn to the point where a slicey-pokey corner of wood juts out from the threadbare upholstery. This is how my attempt at adulting these chairs will go:
1. research local upholsterers and find one with good reviews
2. contact them with a description of the chairs
3. become outraged about reupholstering prices while grudgingly acknowledging that, yeah, I guess upholsterers have to make a living
4. search for, and watch, videos on YouTube about doing your own reupholstering
5. research how much getting the materials will cost and try to find a local source for the materials
6. discover the need for a specialized piece of equipment
7. try, fail to find the piece of equipment on eBay for cheap
8. calculate how many chairs I'd need to reupholster to amortize the cost of the equipment
9. briefly consider going into reupholstering as a side-gig (bearing in mind that at this point I have yet to reupholster anything)
10. give up and buy new chairs at IKEA
11. research where to discard the old chairs (The city dump? The recycling depot? Some charity that restores used furniture?)
12. take the old chairs there, all the while feeling really guilty about being "wasteful."
This entire process will take me ~32 hours over ten days. Hours I probably should spend on my dissertation. #adulting

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