Vintage sofa reupholstered

I have been wanting to reupholster this sofa for the longest time. (vintage sofa) But I've been a little scaredy cat! This was a craigslist find and I just loved it when I saw it. I had envisioned this for my photography business and use it as a prop. It would look gorgeous in a family pic. like this: {fall photos: Patricia Martinez Photography McKinney Texas} But then I also wanted to actually use it in my home. I decided I may as well take a chance on it and upholster it myself. What did I…

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Well-made furniture can last multiple lifetimes—but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need care along the way. This vintage sofa, for instance, was in desperate need of a refresher. But fortunately for Alli Gannet, she was able to snag it for free, thanks to Facebook Marketplace. “The couch must’ve been from the 1950s, so I fell in love with the wooden frame and the clean mid-century modern lines,” Alli says.

Oh I found her at a small yard sale, standing on end way back in the corner of the dark garage! "Yes!" he said, "she was my Grand Dads and she was for sale!" th…

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Giving new life to amazing reupholstered vintage sofas and couches is a great way to revive your decor ! #reupholsteredvintagecouches

I've been hinting at this for a few weeks now. We got new sofas for our upstairs living room. For those of you who are new here, we live in a tri-level home so we have a living room upstairs right when you walk in our front door & we have one on the lower level of our home which I refer to as the lower level living room. Now that we have that cleared up because I know when I share photo updates some people get confused when I share both living rooms wondering how I switch things up

This is where we left off… I talked about the soda blasting process and how I deconstructed this chair, in this previous post. I was so happy with the chair and how it was looking, all deconstructed! It was still a little too yellowy for my taste and I wanted to give it more of