Waiting For Baby Creative Outlet #1. Sigh. Here I am almost nine months pregnant. What better thing to do than re upholster an old family heirloom? We learned the antique technique from the below YouTube video. It looked so great we ended up antique - ing my mom's entertainment center... I am so lazy, by the way - when it comes to sewing machines so we did this entire project without one!

How you ask? Staple gun.

What you will need is:

My Great - Grandfather's couch. This thing has been lurking around my parents and my grandmothers house for years. The wood is so pretty, but that color? not so much.

- A piece of furniture you want to give a makeover to - I used a beautiful wood carved love seat that was my great grandpa's. The wood was dark brown and there was faux green leather (does it get any worse?)

- Plenty of UPHOLSTERY fabric to cover your vintage furniture - we used 5 yards for this vintage love seat. Upholstery fabric is much thicker then regular fabric, and harder to sew through which is why are using a ...

- Staple Gun! andhalf inch staples

- Stuffing/fill/upholstery foam (we used large pillows we didn't use anymore)

- Upholstery tacks and Upholstery tack strips

1. Start by stripping off the old fabric. Use a hammer or screw driver to pull out any nails or staples, save any upholstery tacks.
2. Paint or stain any exposed wood as needed - before starting the upholstery. We did a white distressed look (read more below)

3. Instead of making pillows or cushions, layout pillows. Secure the fabric by wherever the last fabric was stapled (in this case it went through the couch crease and was staple on the lower back of the couch. Layout cushioning - foam or in our case, old over-sized pillow - pull the fabric to the other edge. Staple down. Continue to follow the pattern of where the previous fabric had been secured, and wherever cushions were - add extra foam or cushioning. For curvy or difficult edges edges, wrap the fabric around an upholstery tack strip and staple down to the edge.

For exposed curves you can use upholstery tacks rather then staples.

Finally - enjoy your new piece of furniture! We love our new vintage looking love seat! Comment below if you have any questions. I would love to help you on your project!

After sanding, priming, painting, staining, polyurethane, 5 yards of fabric and several boxes of upholstery tacks and half-inch staples. Love it.

This is the technique we used for the wood:

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