We make upholstered furniture with their own hands

Cozy living room with sofa and lounge chair after a hard day

Where do we like to relax after a busy day at work? That's right, on the couch or soft comfortable chair, sitting in front of the TV with a cup of hot tea. Sofas now - a popular piece of furniture, in stores a fairly large range. Designers come up with more and more new models. Those who follow fashion and whom the funds allow, can change the sofa to a new one. How to be those who are constrained in finance, and you want to change, or are accustomed to the old comfortable model, and the upholstery is rubbed off?

Favorite chair after a waist and replacement of an old upholstery

Crafted people who made repairs at home or changed upholstery, making upholstered furniture on their own will not be difficult. Whoever is new to this business, who does not have certain skills, will of course be difficult for him.

Beautiful new cover on a soft sofa do it yourself

The advantages of creating your own hands

Beautiful and comfortable furniture do it yourself

Furniture making at home is an exciting and, most importantly, exciting process. If there was a desire and imagination, not only a sofa, but also other interesting and unusual upholstered furniture will appear in the house.

Sofa from a pallet with soft seats for a country interior

Making upholstered furniture with your own hands has many positive moments or, let's say in other words, advantages:

• You will realize the most unusual design ideas.
• This work is entertaining, it allows you to acquire skills in this interesting business.
• Allows you to save a family budget. Furniture made by yourself will cost significantly less if you bought it at a store.
• The finished design will be of high quality, as you choose the material and components.
• You will create an original thing that will fully match the interior.
• By the sizes will approach the certain place allocated in the room.
• In the case of wear or other defects, you can easily replace the upholstery.
• Upon completion of the work you will feel the inner satisfaction of the work done.
• Original furniture will be your pride. You will be making upholstered furniture not only for relatives and friends, who knows, maybe you will open your own business in the future.

A soft, round, big pouf, custom-made

Small children's sofa do it yourself

We determine the design and construction

Frame for non-standard corner sofa of independent production

Before you start making your masterpiece, look closer at the interior of the room, think about what model you would like to make. Maybe it will be an unusual design or plan to create a sofa bed. You want just a cozy corner where you can sit and relax, comfortably sitting on the couch. In general, you need to decide what purpose the future furniture will have. Will there be such furniture elements as armrests (you can make them in the form of shelves), drawers (or inside a box for storing bedding), folding mechanisms. It is necessary for the general design of the room to pick up the upholstery material, to determine the filler.

Types and colors of fabrics for upholstery

Fillers for upholstered furniture, hand-made

Do you know how to make drawings? Display on paper the future sofa and diagrams of the necessary elements. So it will be much easier to make an estimate and understand how much material is needed.

Drawing and 3D-model of the future sofa

What you need to work

Tools for the restoration and manufacture of furniture

Basic principles of making upholstered furniture

The original sofa of pallets with a soft back do it yourself

In the manufacture of upholstered furniture with their own hands be sure to adhere to some principles:

• First, the quality of the future design. You choose the material, folding mechanism, accessories, filler, upholstery material, you create furniture yourself. Thus, you get a reliable upholstered furniture that meets the requirements, which will last a long time without any breakdowns.
• Secondly, a sofa or other piece of furniture must be immaculate in shape, but at the same time simple. This will make the work on the production of practical, less laborious, spending a minimum of time and materials, and in the future greatly simplify the repair and replacement of parts.
• Third, ergonomic performance. They determine the ratio of the design to the physical composition of a person, his weight and general hygienic demands - convenient and elementary care of furniture.
• Fourthly, to meet the general aesthetic demands - to be not just a comfortable piece of furniture, but harmoniously fit into the overall situation, match other furniture, fashion, style.
• Fifth, meet environmental requirements. In the manufacture of upholstered furniture should be used materials that do not contain harmful substances or containing them the lowest figure.

The process of making upholstered furniture with their own hands

We create furniture upholstery

Palette for choosing materials for upholstery

Before you do furniture upholstery, you must decide on the material - leather or fabric. The choice is also affected by financial opportunities. You should not choose a leather substitute - it will serve not for long. Remember the rules: furniture items need to be covered with a cloth before you begin to build the building; when cutting, allowance for hemming should be taken into account (approximately two centimeters); before you begin to cut the material, make blanks.

Drawing chair frameless sofa for self-manufacture

Having made the necessary measurements, we calculate the required length and width of the material. To upholstery served a long time, choose thick fabrics - chenille, tapestry, jacquard. They are better suited for work. We decompose the workpiece on the selected material, outlined with chalk, not forgetting the allowances, cut out. Thus we make patterns for the back, armrests, rear wall. We sew on a sewing machine and put it on the elements of furniture, then we assemble the whole structure. Similarly, sewed and pillows on the sofa.

Elements of the cut parts for the constriction of furniture

The final stage - decorating

Large bed with a soft headboard and upholstered, made by yourself

Decorating is one of the best options for giving a unique atmosphere and elegance to the atmosphere, to renew the interior. If there is a desire, imagination, you can easily do this work yourself, without resorting to the help of designers.

Beautiful covers and pillows to decorate the soft corner

Now the decoupage technique has found wide application - using thin wipes, you apply various patterns and designs to the surface of the furniture.

The idea of ​​decorating furniture with available tools using decoupage technique

Replacing filler and fabric for a luxurious vintage chair

If the upholstery is outdated or has become unusable, you can sew new covers and make decorative pillows. It is necessary to choose fabric for upholstery carefully - it should not shed and smell much, and the pile should not crumble. In fact, the choice is nothing complicated. To make the furniture look spectacular, monotonous partner fabrics are chosen for upholstery. They arm around the armrests and bottom lines, for other parts apply a cloth with an image or a different color. To reduce the consumption of fabric, choose material monophonic or with a small pattern.

An example of decorating upholstered furniture with covers

Not the last role in the decoration of upholstered furniture plays filler. If he has lost elasticity and subsided, it must be replaced so that the furniture is not only beautiful, but also comfortable. From inexpensive means use foam rubber, batting and a synthetic winterizer. The last option - the most common, applying it as a filler, you will decorate the furniture in a short time. High-quality synthetic winterizer should be of the same thickness, sufficiently dense and have no odor. Foam rubber - no less popular, it must have a finely porous structure. If under pressure, it instantly recovers, then such a filler will last for quite a long time.

Replacing filler for furniture restoration

If the upholstery on your favorite couch has been worn out or there are spots on it that you cannot get rid of, but you feel sorry for throwing it away, because the furniture is still strong enough and can last for more than one year, then you can make a constriction by buying another fabric. If this work is difficult for you, but you are perfectly sewing, then why don't you make your own new covers yourself, you can add elements of drapery. If they get dirty, they can just be removed and washed.

Beautiful headboard for bed do it yourself

When choosing a material, take into account the overall situation, the style of the interior and, of course, your taste. It is better if you use fabrics of soft colors and subtle shades for decoration. Fittings must match the color of the material. Decorating the furniture with your own hands, you will give her a second life, and the atmosphere in the house will be original and unique.

Restoration and renovation of a comfortable and familiar upholstered chair

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