All that's left now is for Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, with President Obama's guiding hand nearby, willing to throw a few bones to some stubborn members before closing the deal on the nation's first universal health care bill.
If the staples have ripped the fabric, preventing it from lying out evenly, add an extra inch around the entire pattern. For the average dining room chair (16â³ x 18â³), you can get two seats out of Â¾ of a yard, of 54â wide fabric.
Generous Clearance. A generous clearance of 48 inches, or 4 feet, provides spacing for the home dining table. This requires adding 8 feet to the length and width of the table. For a 6-by-3-foot table, this results in 154 square feet arranged in a rectangle that is 14 feet long and 11 feet wide.