One happy yard sale-ing morning in September, 2009, I stumbled upon this beautiful Ethan Allen couch for $15. It smelled like unkempt cats and was sticky (as if it had been kept in a frequently-fried-food environment??), but it was structurally sound and had a sightly form so I scooped it up (with some muscley help, of course.).
At first I thought the foam could be re-used, but it was ultimately UNsalvageable, so I stripped it off and started cleaning (scrub, bleach, scrape, scrub, scrub, scrub and finally a little restore-a-finish wipe-down):
We moved it inside where it housed every single available throw pillow for FOR-EV-ER while I decided what to do with it!
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THANKFULLY, it was at around this time that I got completely fed up with my beige on beige on beige living room color scheme AND this fed-up-ness coincided with the relocation and liquidation of my local JoAnn's! So long story short: my couch budget suddenly looked a LOT bigger, and after much deliberation, I yanked my craigslist ad, ordered seat cushion foam (very, very happy with the Foam Factory's customer service, prices and quality, and no, they didn't pay me to say that. ;) and snatched up some delicious deep-discount grass green fabric (in a soft but sturdy denim, believe it or not!).
That was 6 months ago, and even though I had a great plan, I was still frozen about how to execute it, until..... I came across Creative Little Daisy's excellently clear tutorial on Sew, Mama, Sew! It gave me courage and understanding on how exactly to plan out the zippers... so I did it! (Although I skipped the piping, not out of fear mind you {I was afraid of them there zippers, though!} but out of
And I used the previous over-sized-throw-pillows-turned-too-flat-seat-cushions as foundational back cushions in the same color, plus I recovered a few of the other stand-ins for a pop of color!
What do you think? Doesn't it liven up the space?!
Well, these little chickens help in that department too.... Yay!
[I think ultimately this couch would be perfect paired with sky blue walls... Check out the color combo on my Pinterest.]
You did a fabulous job on the couch! I love how different a simple recovering can make a room. And those little sweetie pies certainly add a spark to the room. ;)
ReplyDeleteWow, Sarah! You did a super job and I just love the color. You inspire me! Between that couch and your two cute chairs, that room looks incredible!!
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