DIY Ottoman

A few weeks ago I upholstered an ottoman that we purchased second hand. I wanted it in grey velvet with

black shiny buttons :)

I have absolutely no experience with these things....but I am stubborn, and I don't like spending a fortune

to have it professionally upholstered.

So, this is what you need:

an old ottoman

fabric of your choice

cord suitable for upholstering

buttons

staple gun

in the picture you see needles, but they didn't work for me so I used wooden skewers instead :)

I took off the old cover and traced a pattern from that onto the new fabric. Then I sew it together and pulled it over the chair. Since this ottoman didn't have buttons, we had to drill holes from underneath in a pattern of your choice.

Then I taped the thread to a skewer and pulled it through the fabric...attached a button, and pulled the skewer back again.

On the back, I pulled the cord until the buttons were deep enough, and then stapled the thread in place on the back.

Then I stapled the new fabric in to place and covered the bottom with the old cover.

What do you think?

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