Tuesday, July 31, 2012

DIY Recovered Ottoman

Today, I'm sharing a little re-upholstery project to update an much-abused ottoman.

DIY Recovered Ottoman - www.MightyCrafty.me


I've had this one finished for quite awhile but haven't shared it because I was hoping to find a good "before" image - but this is the only one I could come up with...

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It doesn't look so bad here, but fast forward a few years, and the brown microfiber fabric was stained and worn. Not pretty. I'm still kicking myself for not taking a "before" photo, but this is one of those projects that just took over and before I knew it, I was done.

The ottoman matches the little brown couch in the photo and lifts up for storage. We love having it, but after we got a new grey couch and loveseat for the family room, the ottoman didn't quite match - and it was extremely ugly. I had a chunk of blue corduroy fabric in my stash that was sturdy and practical - and I had a matching blue polka-dot fabric to recover the new pillows to build a grey / blue theme. (And I have yet to start that last part to date - oh well...)

So, staple gun in hand, I went to work recovering the ottoman. I unscrewed the top lid and recovered it first, folding and stapling the fabric in place, making sure to punch holes where the screws needed to put back in.

DIY Recovered Ottoman - www.MightyCrafty.me

I didn't even bother taking the old fabric off - I think it would have been almost impossible (and maybe I've mentioned this before, but I'm a little impatient).

I stapled the fabric around the bottom sides of the ottoman next.

DIY Recovered Ottoman - www.MightyCrafty.me

And before I knew it - I was ready to attach the top back to the base.

DIY Recovered Ottoman - www.MightyCrafty.me

It looked so much better...

DIY Recovered Ottoman - www.MightyCrafty.me

DIY Recovered Ottoman - www.MightyCrafty.me

...as long as you ignore the un-recovered pillows (not a fan of that purple fabric that originally came on the pillows - I'm hoping to get those recovered soon).

DIY Recovered Ottoman - www.MightyCrafty.me

We are super happy with the change - we've extended the lift of our tired little ottoman. I think it's a lot happier now too...

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7 comments:

  1. Love the way this turned out great job. I'm headed over to share this on my facebook right now!
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Gotta-Try-That/365876306807232?ref=hl
    Marcie

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  2. Thanks Marcie - I appreciate it!

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  3. you did a great job- those corners are hard but yours look fab!

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  4. Great job!! It looks so much fresher now, and I know ottomans are not as easy as they look to re-cover, so great work!!

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  5. Very nice. I have a something that I want to cover and "turn into" an ottoman but just haven't done it yet.

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