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How To Easily Upholster a Sofa & Paint It
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Upholster a sofa sounds quite complicated, doesn't it? Don't you worry! In this post, we'll show you how to transform a sofa with a simple upholstering tutorial.
Grab an inspiration image to guide your creative process and get started. Mine was this one:
In a project like this, you’d want to paint the wood first.
Painting Wood Furniture
tips & tricks
I just prefer to use regular paint for an easy and quick project. I advise you to stay away from chalk paint if you want a more simple DIY. It's pricey, a bit on the thick side and you have to apply a wax finish.
Make sure to inspect what type of previous paint it has. The wood of my sofa was dark and had a polyurethane finish from what I could tell. So, I grabbed Kilz oil based paint. I was able to do all of the painting in just a couple of hours!
To make things a bit easier, use spray paint! I did it for this project and it worked wonderfully. I used Heirloom White for a more antique finish that doesn't require that waxing.
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For a more distressed look, I used a 150 grit sandpaper in just the places that would normally age.
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After cleaning with a cotton rag I applied Miss Mustard Seed Antiquing Wax and used an old soft stencil brush that was laying around and then buffed it with an old t-shirt.
If you are going to tackle a project with white fabric make sure that it’s heavy enough to block what is underneath or add a liner. I went for a heavyweight white denim.
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Make sure to remove all the staples so you have space for the new ones. I had quite a difficult time removing them from my sofa but thanks to a screwdriver and pliers, it was possible.
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Make sure to remove all the staples so you have space for the new ones. I had quite a difficult time removing them from my sofa but thanks to a screwdriver and pliers, it was possible.
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We decided to carefully pull off the foam piece from the back to use later. Then, I started to work on small areas in one of the arms. Then we worked on the seat portion, lining it with the quilt batting and then the white denim fabric on top in a slightly larger piece.
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