ONE DOWN...THE BIG ONE TO GO

Hey friends, how the heck are ya?  Me, oh thanks for asking, I have been EXTREMELY busy.  Busy reupholstering my living room furniture.  You might remember my little teaser...

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I'm finally done!!!...Well, with the loveseat anyway...Yes, I decided to bite the bullet and reupholster.

While everyone seems to be using the slipcover method of refreshing their furniture, I knew that would NOT be a good solution for me.

I am one of those people who cannot stand wrinkles or for things to look messy which is what happens with slipcovers sooo....my refresher of choice was to completely reupholster.  Using none other than painters canvas drop cloth.

This was the cheapest way to go...to reupholster the sofa and loveseat will only set me back around $120.00 verses around $600.00 or more for upholstery or furniture grade fabric.  Besides the furniture was already an off-white color so painters drop cloth was the perfect solution to keeping it as close to original as possible...with one exception...I like the look of painters drop cloth even better...especially with nail head trim...which by the way was easier (hence the reason I did it) than trying to do the hidden panel approach...

Now, I will say that it would have been WAY easier and a lot nicer to just go out and purchase a whole new living room outfit, but that was just not in the works.  Times are tight and our budget is too.  There is simply NO money for these types of purchases!!!  So reupholstering was a must...

BTW and FYI...the white liner fabric here was the inside lining of an unused
bed skirt...it's perfect lining material!!  This is folded over so it's doubled.

The old stuff had seen better days. It had been cleaned one too many times and there were now holes....yes, I said it...HOLES...in the cushion covers from pesky little kids that kept digging and pulling at frayed strings in the fabric over washing them.

Not to mention there were stains that could no longer be overlooked.

It was getting downright embarrassing to have guests over to the house...

Truthfully though, I can't complain.  We have had this furniture for almost 7 years and it was used when we got it.  It is very good furniture (Hillcraft) and very COMFORTABLE which was another reason to redo it...and though I am not an upholstery professional, I think it turned out great FABULOUS...

This loveseat took me a whole month of Saturdays to get done...that's 4 Saturdays....4 WHOLE Saturdays (which are the only free days I have) to get this baby done...

Ah, so nice, so fresh, so CLEAN.............LOVE!!!!  So much cleaner and prettier than the couch (see the couch cushion edge in this picture, nasty!!!)

There were times when I was thinking...WHY? WHY, did I think I could possibly be an upholsterer...oh, why?  There were some parts of this job that were VERY DIFFICULT...however, I learned how to do it and with a lot of patience and....probably a little FIT throwing....hahaha...I managed to get it done...now the BIG ONE...the SOFA...is sitting there staring at me...taunting me and saying, "ha, don't you wish you would've started with me first?"  "I'm BIG and BAD and I am going to give you FITS"  "Just wait, you'll wish you had started with me first,  muhahaha!!!"...

Muhahaha, come and get me, I'm WAITING!!!, Muhahaha!!!

But I think I can safely say, I learned from my mistakes on the loveseat and I don't think the sofa will be as time consuming or difficult....hopefully!!!  PRAY FOR ME!!!  Hahahahaha

Anyway, how about you...would you tackle a job like this?  Would you use painters drop cloth?  Would you slipcover or reupholster, or would you just go out and buy new furniture?  I would love to hear your thoughts on this...







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