Well after two days of completely busting ******** we have almost completely finished the upholstery. Only thing left is window coverings which are under way currently! Hopefully they'll be done this evening but we need a break after two full days of working. There are two small cushions, two large cushions, one flat board with fabric and the mattress.
The four cushions were simply foam with upholstery stretched over and stapled to a plywood backing. Instead of taking them completely apart I decided to simply cut stretch and staple the new upholstery over the top of the old stuff. I wound up using staples that were too short(1/4") yesterday and started over today with 3/8" which worked much better. The only place they didn't work were the thick corners. Even though this fabric doesn't look very soft or thick, it is. Its commercial upholstery grade and is really nice. I wound up having to use #16 upholstery/carpet tacks in the corners but it turned out nicely. The mattress had a zipper and a vinyl backing/sides. We decided to reuse the vinyl because its clean and in great shape. This made sewing the new mattress cheaper and much easier/less time consuming. Im blessed with a mom thats a seamstress so she cranked through the mattress like it was no big deal. While I slaved away on the cushions. I think I have carpal tunnel, should have gotten that air stapler I was looking at.
Finished cushion
Plywood backing before stapling on the extra wall covering to make it look nice.
Here is what the bottom corner looks like with staples, tack and bottom cover. I used the same material from the walls. I had a bunch of extra so I cut it to fit, rolled the edge and stapled/tacked it in place. This came on the suggestion of mom because she was worried the raw plywood backboard would ruin the new fabric. Mom is always right!
You know you're super pro when the pattern lines up across all of the cushions, including the mattress! :drool:
Im beginning to think the color palette in my head is going to be just as good in reality!
