12+ ideas for how to repair upholstery – tutorials and visual inspiration for how to mend furniture.
Furniture is SO expensive and bulky, I can understand how it is both tempting and not-tempting to think of just trashing a piece when it gets holes or stains. Between two kids, two dogs, and two cats, our chairs are starting to look worse for wear and I thought I’d proactively brainstorm some ways for repairing furniture damaged by cats etc. I had fun making this list; leave a comment if I missed an idea you’ve used to keep furniture looking good for longer!
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12+ ideas for how to repair upholstery
This is such a clever way to cover up fraying or holes, beautiful cotton doilies! These came from the doily Etsy shop, Rachael's Scraps, here!
I think this is just so clever; what a great way to cover up a busted office chair or just update one, I saw this in the Scrappy Girls Club facebook group and asked permission to share it; the maker even said she used selvages as drawstring ties for the covers!
I never know what to do with tea towels but this is such a fun way to enjoy them on display but in a functional way, perfect for covering up stained seats.
I haven't tried this but they make special paint you can just cover up stains, how good does this new couch look!
I can't get over how colorful this brand new chair looks, all woven from fabric scraps!
I saw this in the Facebook group Modern Mending Club and fell in love!! Beautiful darning/weaving done to repair holes and it looks so cool.
A lovely hexie reupholstery job, using mostly old denim.
Not just fabric, you can paint old leather too, look how nice this 'refashioned' storage trunk looks!
Another patchwork upholstery job with pretty angles, I love this whole look.
A quilty dresser, with no sewing! Technically this is not upholstery refashioning, but I'm including it because it's so fun and a furniture refashion. I am impressed with how this turned out, love all the color.
I think this is so clever - weaving over cat scratching! There is a video tutorial if you click through, check it out.
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Cool ideas I couldn't get permission to share the pictures of!
- Using heat transfer vinyl to cover up a rip in a pleather office chair, on the Cricut facebook page
- The sweetest patch, with EPP-ed hexies as a patch covering a rip in a couch by Kate Madeloso
- A unique patch made of upholstery fabric samples, on reddit
- Some beautiful re-upholstered pieces using actual quilts as the fabric
- I'd love more details on this but couldn't find any; integrating a needlepoint or crossstitch panel into a couch back, on Pinterest
- Beautiful hand embroidery covering a corner rip, on Pinterest
- Another office chair makeover, this time with a tutorial and using old denim