Friday night I literally couldn’t take our old, beat up, kitten-scratching-post of a sofa for a single second longer. We’re saving up for a new one, but in the meantime I was willing to throw the dang thing out and sit on the floor while we waited, just so I didn’t have to look at the ugly anymore.
“What about a slipcover?” Sean suggested. I squinted at him like he had 5 heads, then got up, grabbed the staple gun and a random piece of grey twill I had around, and got to work. Staples, safety pins, and carpet tacks are holding this together in possibly the most on-the-fly upholstery job of all time (just pretend it’s from Nightwood, right?) but it makes it feel SO much nicer in here and I can hold out a few more months until the leather Chesterfield of my dreams comes my way.
Tiny cat jerks are enjoying their new scratching post.
I never would have thought a stapled and tacked upholstery job could look so good! Such a refreshing change, even if only for a few months. I can’t wait to see your new sofa when the time comes, I have such a soft spot in my heart for chesterfields! Enjoy the snow, we just got some this morning
It looks so good! I wish I was that handy with fabric!
Soooooo much better.
haha, tiny cat jerks. story of my life. i like this quick fix! i dont have the patience to sew a slipcover (nor do i know how). the fabric looks nice!
gorgeous! the light in that room is amazing, too.
That turned out sooo well, it looks great!
That looks awesome! Any time you want to pop round to re-upholster my dining chairs, you’d be welcome. I provide cake.
What? That looks great! Every time I try to do something like that it looks stupid. I guess I should stop being scared of upholstery tacks.
your sofa reminds me of some of the stuff at thrivefurniture.com. they don’t have chesterfields, but the fabrics and designs are pretty groovy.
how did you freaking do this! i guess it helps that the lines of the couch are sleek but my couch is not about to be reupholstered prettily.
what a pretty little silhouette hiding under that ol’ yellow fabric. Nicely done!