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o The Furniture Facelift Fiasco, part I 
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Minor Makeover Miracles  
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o Lighten Up!  

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the Furniture FACELift Fiasco, a cautionary tale in two parts: PART II | 1 2 3 4 
continued from page 1

Step one: Give the cushions a new wardrobe.
Okay, so you’ve probably noticed by now that I have a tendency to look for the easiest – although not necessarily the most precise – method for accomplishing a task. Hence my reliance on eyeing and estimating. I’m actually a very picky person, and my rationale is that if my discerning eye can’t pick up on anything amiss, then it’s perfectly acceptable.  So when it came time to cut the new fabric, I didn’t bother whipping out the rulers, writing down numbers, marking exact places to cut. Nope, I took the easiest route: I just placed the bottom cushion on top of the fabric, then cut a rectangular section that left enough room to wrap the fabric around the top of the cushion and attach it to the bottom. For the top cushion, I wrapped the fabric around the entire cushion, left about 3" on each side to allow for attaching it to the cushion, then snipped away the extra fabric. Now I was ready to begin covering those cushions in their siren-red new threads.




Getting the bottom cushion covered proved to be a cinch (this was a very welcome relief, given the fact that every other step up until this point had turned out to be so much more complicated than I had imagined). I simply wrapped the fabric around the top and sides, then stapled it securely into place on the bottom. The corners were, admittedly, somewhat of a challenge, but after a bit of carefully folding and pulling, I managed to get the fabric to sit smoothly at the corners (Hint: the trick is to pull the fabric out into a point at the corner, fold it over the side, then pull very tightly down onto the bottom, using lots of staples to anchor it in place). I then covered the bottom with the same black fabric that had originally covered the bottom of the cushion, and stapled it into place. One cushion down, one more to go.

 

getting that top cushion dressed

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