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Persia Lou

Creative. Crafty. Fun.


Coffee Table Makeover

Once upon a time, we bought an upholstered coffee table at a damaged furniture clearance center. I think we got a fairly good deal. Honestly, I don’t remember how much we paid for it. Maybe fifty? It seemed like a decent piece of furniture. It was sturdy. The drawers worked. We could put our feet on it. You know.
Then when we got it home I realized the upholstered top had a tear in it. How did I miss that? Oh well. No turning back now. Slowly the fake leather vinyl stuff fell apart until we got to look at this beautiful thing every day:
Lovely, right? It was definitely one of the most embarrassing things in my home. I had been wanting to recover it for ages, but I was a little intimidated. I mean, the bottom had so many screws. What if I undid the wrong ones? I finally decided that if I broke the thing it would certainly be no loss.
So. Screwdriver. Deep breath.
Here. We. Go.
Takeitapart!
The most difficult/time-consuming part of this whole thing was pulling out the staples that held the old fabric in place. My hands were definitely a bit raw when the whole thing was over.
Once all the old stuff was off, I just had to staple on my new fabric. [Wait. I should talk about the fabric. I bought this a few weeks ago and then hemmed and hawed and fretted (I cannot think of a more current way to say this) about it forever. I had convinced myself that this fabric was horrible and I needed to get more fabric, but then I decided that I would not waste the fifteen bucks I spent on this fabric, so I just sucked it up and went with it. And I’m glad I did because I actually think it looks pretty sweet. Although I’m still not convinced that a plum velvet or yellow chevron stripe wouldn’t be more awesome. If I could find it for cheap. Which I probably couldn’t.]
After I had already started to screw the top back on, I decided I wanted to tuft it, which was a bit awkward, but doable. I could have just unscrewed the few screws I had already done, but then where’s the challenge in that? I just used the original buttons, and I dig it.
Voila!
I am liking this room a bit more each and every day. You can read about those pillows on the couch here, here, here, and here.

May 25, 2011 5:04 pm Alexis Filed Under: Home Decor

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  1. Jacqueline says

    May 25, 2011 at 6:23 pm

    What a great transformation! Love the fabric you chose it goes great with the couch! I hope you'll share this at my link party Friday!

  2. Arlene says

    May 25, 2011 at 7:00 pm

    I am amazed at everything you do!!! You are my hero!!

  3. Annie says

    May 28, 2011 at 9:15 pm

    Beautiful! When I saw the &quot;after&quot; pic, it was like my eyes breathed a sigh of relief. Ha! I love it! I&#39;m over from WhipperBerry, btw. ;)<br /><br />http://arlingtonmama.blogspot.com

  4. Connie @ Measured by the Heart says

    May 29, 2011 at 8:07 pm

    Great makeover I love it!! Thanks for sharing. I am happy to be your newest follower. Please stop by for book club if you&#39;re interested–connie, measuredbytheheart.com

  5. Carol-Anne (Use the Good Dishes!) says

    May 29, 2011 at 11:00 pm

    Hopped over from Addicted 2 Decorating…<br /><br />Love the transformation! How did you put in the buttons though? I don&#39;t know how to &#39;tuft&#39;, so I&#39;d love to know…..

  6. heather {WhipperBerry} says

    May 30, 2011 at 4:09 am

    BRAVO… very impressed! I featured you over at WhipperBerry today!<br /><br />kisses

  7. Alexis @ persia lou says

    May 30, 2011 at 4:49 am

    @<a href="#c9127923100593460200" rel="nofollow">Carol-Anne (Use the Good Dishes!)</a><br /><br />Thanks for stopping by! <br /><br />&quot;Tufting&quot; is basically pulling the upholstery and padding tight against the back of the piece of furniture (the top of the table in this case)using a button and thread. The original table was tufted, so the table top already had holes drilled in it. <br />

  8. Suburbsmama says

    June 3, 2011 at 3:41 pm

    Great Job! I also have a leather ottoman, I have been thinking of recovering. But It seems like such a big project and I am scared of messing it up. but now I think I may be able to do it. Thanks for being my inspiration. <br />http://suburbsmama.blogspot.com/

  9. {nifty thrifty things} says

    June 4, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    What a great transformation!! And I loved seeing all your cute pillows again! ;)<br />Thank you so much for linking this up with <a href="http://niftythriftythings.blogspot.com/search/label/nifty%20thrifty%20sunday&quot; rel="nofollow">{nifty thrifty sunday}</a> last week!<br />I hope to see you again tomorrow!<br />xoxo,<br />Vanessa

  10. Brandi says

    June 20, 2011 at 1:56 am

    great transformation!

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