Do-it-yourself sofa upholstery: video instruction, photo

Over time, any upholstered furniture, no matter how good it may be, loses its original appearance. The upholstery becomes not so bright and here and there various scuffs appear, and even holes. But this is not a reason to buy a new sofa. The usual hauling of furniture will allow you to give it a new life. We will talk about how to properly pull the sofa at home and talk further.

In order to proceed to the main stage of work, you first need to prepare all the tools and materials that may be required:

stapler with staples;

screwdriver with various nozzles;

• strong threads;

  sewing machine.

The do-it-yourself hauling of an old sofa with armrests is divided into several stages:

choice of fabric for upholstery;

dismantling of furniture;

removal of old upholstery;

fastening a new skin;

assembly of furniture.

The right choice of material

For furniture upholstery, it is best to use natural materials, especially if it will be constantly used for recreation. At the same time, they should be practical and durable, but at the same time, synthetics and coarse fabrics should be avoided. The shade and texture of the material is usually chosen based on personal preferences. In addition to the above characteristics, when choosing upholstery, it is necessary to take into account that:

she was smooth and pleasant to the touch;

there was no repulsive smell;

the pile always lay in one direction;

tapestry was predominantly used for the sofa-book;

drawings or curlicues lay flat.

To minimize material costs, it is best to use a plain fabric or material with small curls, and a sofa with armrests can be made more original by combining a multi-colored material with a plain one. To give softness to furniture, synthetic winterizer or foam rubber is most often used. When choosing a synthetic winterizer, you need to pay attention to some characteristics:

smell - it should be absent or not very sharp;

shade - only white;

strength and thickness - the material must be the same over the entire area.

As for foam rubber, when choosing it, attention, first of all, must be paid to its structure. The smaller the bubbles, the higher the quality of the material. How to distinguish high-quality foam rubber from the first minutes? Everything is very simple. It's enough just to squeeze it. High-quality material will immediately return to its original shape, while low-quality foam rubber will take some time to do so.

Furniture disassembly

Before you drag the old sofa at home, you must carefully disassemble it. At the same time, it is very important not to damage the fasteners during the removal of the back and sidewalls, which, by the way, are removed first. Further step-by-step instructions for disassembling furniture are as follows:

the seat and padded stools are removed;

all fasteners are marked and placed where they will definitely not be lost;

a flat screwdriver is used to dismantle the brackets;

upholstery should be tried not to damage much, tk. it will serve as an example for cutting out new fabric;

the foam rubber is removed completely, tk. he, most likely, has already lost all his properties;

if necessary, the stretched springs are changed;

all visible defects are eliminated;

all wooden parts of the structure are inspected, glued if necessary, and screws are tightened.

All of the above work will allow you to restore elasticity to the old sofa with armrests, as well as prepare it for the subsequent hauling.

Upholstery Features

To drag the sofa itself, you first need to make a pattern correctly. It is good if you have an old upholstery fabric on hand. Then it is enough to cut a new one along its contour, adding a couple more centimeters to each edge. What to do with pillows? A master class on their hauling with your own hands is as follows:

pillows are removed from a permanent place;

using a tape measure, their length, width and height are measured;

appropriate markings are made on the fabric with chalk, adding another 5 centimeters to each so that the material can be bent (see photo);

the resulting figure is carefully cut along the lines;

the fabric is placed upside down and a pillow is placed in its center;

on the sides, the material is wrapped and fixed with staples in increments of about 3 centimeters;

so that the pattern does not move or warp, the material is stretched evenly;

the remaining parts of the pillow are pulled in the same way.

This method of hauling furniture is relevant not only for pillows, but also for other parts of the structure. The main mistake that beginners make in the process of making skins is inaccurate material calculations. If it’s not enough to purchase fabric in order to pull the sofa with your own hands, then nothing may work out, because its shade in different batches will most likely be different. That is why experts recommend always buying materials with a margin. After you manage to pull the sofa with a fabric, its remnants can also be used to reupholster chairs, stools or pillows.

When hauling furniture at home, it is recommended to avoid complex patterns and follow the presented step-by-step instructions exactly. In more detail, the master class on how to drag the sofa yourself is shown very well on the video.