Choosing to reupholster a piece of furniture usually has nothing to do with the money you’d save or the money you’d spend. In most cases, the financial side of reupholstering a piece is not as important as the physical and emotional points. Perhaps you’ve owned this sofa since you got married. Maybe it’s been in…
Your favorite chair looks old. It’s dirty. You can still see the stain from that time you spilled salsa on it, even though you scrubbed it and even tried to “Shout” it out. The skirt on the bottom is chewed from when Rover was just a puppy and still teething. The fabric is faded and…
Have you found a beautiful, but worn piece of furniture that you are considering reupholstering? Perhaps it’s a chair you found at a second-hand thrift store. Or maybe it’s an antique that was in your grandfather’s attic for the past several decades. Or you may have even found a beautiful settee for a steal at…
Your older pieces of furniture may often be better served by custom reupholstering them than having them go to a landfill. As long as you like the shape, the size and it fits well within a room, you are usually better off in the end to reupholster these items rather than buy new. It can…
When you love a piece of furniture, you have a difficult decision to make as that piece ages. Do you discard it and try to find a replacement that you will love just as much, or do you look for ways to keep the piece by “re-doing” it. Certainly, an old wooden piece, such as…
