Simple.Beautiful.Life.: how to reupholster a sofa

It's already a scorcher here in North Texas. Have I mentioned that I really don't like summer time? Well in case you missed it-I don't. What I do like is getting myself into as many DIY projects as possible at one time! Yeah. The doozy has been this vintage sofa that I so crazily took upon myself to recover. I talked about it here in this post: How to Reupholster a Vintage Sofa and let's just say I ran into some snags. First I found out that the seat cushions were made up of a wooden frame and real springs! So I had to improvise quick and I ordered some upholstery foam from good ole' Amazon.com :) Then I had my mom just make me the seat covers. Here it is: Before and After As you can see I still hadn't put the other piece of molding on the right arm. I will take some more pics of it with some cute little pillows I'm working on. I learned quite a bit from this project, such as : Cutti...

I have been wanting to reupholster this sofa for the longest time. (vintage sofa) But I've been a little scaredy cat! This was a craigslist find and I just loved it when I saw it. I had envisioned this for my photography business and use it as a prop. It would look gorgeous in a family pic. like this: {fall photos: Patricia Martinez Photography McKinney Texas} But then I also wanted to actually use it in my home. I decided I may as well take a chance on it and upholster it myself. What did I have to lose except a really nice sofa, right? So, I googled and youtubed how to do this. It seemed fairly easy but complicated at the same time. The first thing keeping me back was the cost of good fabric. Holy Cow! $25 per yard!! No thanks. So one night as I was perusing ebay, I found fabric for REALLY cheap. I'm talking $53 for 15 yards of chenille!! This was it. I had to get it. It is the perfect color and the fabric is very durab...

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