The Commitment Phobe’s Guide to Reupholstery

Hello!

Hard to believe this week is coming to a close already.  With snow days making for an abbreviated school week, I still haven’t gotten my mojo back completely.  

I bought this ottoman awhile back at the Ballard Outlet, and it was originally upholstered in a burlap fabric. 

It was nice, but the fabric didn’t hold up to our daily living, and I ended up pulling it off of the top portion of the ottoman, where it was left, naked, for longer than I care to admit.  I had every intention of redoing it, but I have such a hard time deciding on fabric, that it brings progress to a screeching halt.

I tried to dress it up during my indecisive phase.  I wrapped it with ribbon during Christmas one year…

I’ve moved it around to several spaces in my home, and it’s settled in the media room, where my boys spend a lot of time.  It looks fine here, but with two boys – it’s gotten yucky.

I have even rigged fabric to look like a stripe in the middle of the nakedness.  No photos, but I promise, it’s true.

After a couple of fabric shopping trips, I settled on this fabric – I love all of the colors, and thought it would work with the current colors in the basement, and allow me to pull in new colors if I was in the mood for a change.

Did I mention it was looking yucky? (Hanging my head in shame)

I was all prepared to staple this fabric to the top portion of the ottoman – I removed the hardware and remnants of the old fabric, including the cording.  I even made a special shopping trip to buy the right staples for my staple gun.  

Then I started having second thoughts.  My fabric commitment issues kicked in again.  So it sat there – until it was time for a party, and this commitment-phobe had to make a decision.

Enter Gorilla Tape.  A commitment-phobe’s best friend.

No one will ever have to know.

If only I could use Gorilla Tape to reupholster a chair.

Works for now – until I change my mind.

I will say that I didn’t put the hinges back on with this method, but it’s still working for us.  I’m just happy to have that ugly eyesore covered with something that looks a little more intentional.  

Perhaps someday I will make a fabric commitment and pull out the staple gun.