Do-it-yourself sofa restoration

Regardless of the type and quality of upholstery, upholstered furniture loses its appeal over time. The upholstery wears out, looks old and dirty, although the basis of the design remains quite solid and solid. Is it worth it to spend money on a new sofa? It is not at all a fact that he will be better than the old. Do-it-yourself sofa restoration is the best option in such a situation. This is a way to update the furniture in the house, while saving a considerable amount of money.

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Possible difficulties

Before you start restoration of the old sofa, it is useful to find out what difficulties you may encounter in the process of doing this work:

• Problems associated with disassembling the structure into individual parts.
• If the sofa is complex in shape, it can be difficult to cut upholstery.
• During the restoration process, it turns out that it is necessary to replace not only the upholstery, but also the filler and (or) individual parts.
• It is quite difficult to work with individual upholstery materials. So, leather and leatherette are much more difficult to work than textiles.

Important! If the sofa is antique, it is better to entrust the work to experienced craftsmen. If you have a minimum of carpentry skills, it is better not to undertake the restoration of antiques.

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Work Stages:

1. Dismantling the sofa, dismantling the individual elements.
2. Removing worn upholstery.
3. Cutting upholstery. At the same time, old parts can be used as patterns.
4. Upholstery mount.
5. Assembly of the structure together.

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What will be required for work?

So, before you restore the sofa with your own hands, you need to prepare tools and supplies:

• Upholstery textiles.
• Flat blade screwdriver.
• The key is six-sided.
• Furniture stapler.
• Antistapler.
• Material for filler.
• Scissors.
• Nippers.
• Threads.

Now consider each stage of recovery in more detail.

Disassembly

Remove the parts of the sofa structure in stages:

• Overhead elements.
• Pillows
• The back.
• Sidewalls.
• Seat.

Important! As a rule, the only difficulty at this stage is that fasteners are constantly lost. To avoid this, it is advisable to collect them in a special package.

Removing worn upholstery

Here, the best helpers of the home master are a flat screwdriver and an anti-stapler.

Important! Try to remove the material with extreme accuracy, as it will still be needed for cutting new upholstery.

Remember to remove dust and debris. Be sure to evaluate the condition of the filler. If the foam is badly worn, it's time to replace it. Sometimes it is necessary to change the springs, if they have lost their elasticity. Check all connections. If necessary, fix them with screws or glue.

Cutting upholstery

Depends on how correctly, beautifully and accurately you cut upholstery fabric, how the restored product will look like. Use the old upholstery as patterns, not forgetting 2-3 cm allowances.

Important! It is advisable to purchase fabric with a small margin so as not to make a mistake when cutting.

How to choose a material?

When choosing upholstery material, it is necessary to consider not only aesthetic, but also practical qualities. It is important that the material is well cleaned of impurities, does not fade, does not have a strong odor. If the fabric is fleecy, consider the direction of the pile.

Important! Want to save on upholstery? Then choose fabric without a pattern or with a small pattern.Then the problem of selecting a pattern will not be relevant, you can place patterns as economically as possible.

Can be used for upholstery in fabrics of different shades. Armrests are best darkened as they become more dirty. For the back and seat, a lighter fabric is suitable.

Now about the choice of filler. The most common options are synthetic winterizer or furniture foam:

• Synthetic winterizer. The quality of the material can be judged by color. White color indicates good quality material. Any other shade suggests that the filler is made from low-quality secondary raw materials. A good synthetic winterizer is odorless, durable, with uniform density.
• Foam rubber. High-quality furniture foam is dense, porous, with small bubbles. If the foam rubber is of good quality, then after deformation it almost instantly restores shape. The optimal thickness of the material is 5 cm. If you want to make a more rigid structure, take 2 sheets of foam rubber in 3 and 2 cm and put a felt between them.

Assembly assembly

It is produced in the reverse order of disassembly. It is advisable to photograph each stage of disassembly. Then it will be much easier to assemble furniture.

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Stock footage

Do the work carefully and without rushing. Then the result of the restoration of the sofa with your own hands will certainly please you.