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the
Furniture
FACELift
Fiasco,
a
cautionary tale in two parts:
PART II |
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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.
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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
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getting
that top cushion dressed
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lounge . nourish .
host
. laze . home.
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