Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Reupholstered Footstool

I bought this footstool at a garage sale for a mere $3.
The hole cost extra. 

It's well-loved. 

Isn't it lovely? I knew right away that I could easily reupholster it, and probably paint the wood a darker color to match my other furniture. Nearly a year later, I still hadn’t done it. But that changed this weekend!

The underside. Just remove the 4 screws holding the cushion in place. 
As I started taking the bolts off to release the cushion (using just an Allen wrench) I realized I would probably need a staple gun for this project. I don’t have one and I knew if I set this aside while I found one to borrow, it would never get done. Glue gun to the rescue! (Is there anything a glue gun can’t solve?) 

Taking off the old fabric involved taking out the existing staples – I used a flathead screwdriver and pliers. Not hard, but it was time consuming. 





















Months ago, I bought some great orange and white geometric print fabric and luckily, I still like it. (Full disclosure - I spent $23 on this fabric BUT I will get the footstool and covers for 2 sofa pillows with it.)  

After that, I used the old fabric to measure my new fabric, cut it out and folded it over the cushion. I wrapped it like a present, using glue along the edges and pulling it tight and smooth across the top. Make sure you center the fabric as you’d like it to appear. I didn’t do this but got lucky that it looked good. Something to keep in mind next time. Then just reattach the cushion and you're done. 

I didn’t paint it yet as it was raining and I thought a warm dry day would be better. But when I do, it will be simple to take the cushion off, paint the wood and put it back together again.

Relaxing after a not-so-hard project. 

Up next – matching sofa cushions!


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