Our cockpit chairs were getting pretty yucky so I found some fabric locally and recovered them. Remember ... this is not the US. We're anchored off an island off the coast of Panama. There is one almacen (general store) with about 30 pieces of odd fabric. They have a couple dark victorian floral brocade type choices or a lot of very thin, flimsy small floral prints AND one off-white canvas fabric. SO, I went with the canvas but then they looked fairly plain and boring. SO, being me, I decided to paint them. I like them. :)