Measuring for New Fabric and Furniture Teardown - How to Reupholster a Sofa | Episode 1

Hey DIYers, in this video, we start our new series where we show you how your sofa is built and how to give it a makeover. My father and I are upholsterers by trade and have been reupholstering and slipcovering furniture for the past 20 years. We'll tell you the secrets to easily recover your sofa or chair. Recovering your furniture is a simple strategy for saving money and making money by flipping furniture. Once you know the fundamentals of reupholstering, you'll be ready to take on any furniture DIY project.

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In this episode, we'll go over these points:

0:00 Intro
2:53 Going Over Sofa Features and Plans for the Sofa
4:06 Measuring Sofa: Outside Back, Outside Arm, and Skirt
6:50 Measuring Sofa: Inside Back, Seat Platform, and Seat Front
9:35 Measuring Sofa: Front of the Arm, Recap of Skirt, and Inside Arm
12:13 Measuring Sofa: Cushions, How to Save Fabric, Making Notations
16:51 Where to Get Supplies
17:40 Teardown: Skirt, Dust Cover, What to Look Out For Underneath the Sofa
21:56 Teardown: Inside and Outside Back, Inside and Outside Arm
28:32 Teardown Recap, What to Leave On the Sofa, and What to do Next
30:40 Outro: What the Next Episode Will Cover

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The Subject of This 8 Part Series:
Episode 1 - Measurement and Teardown
Episode 2 - How to Make Cording
Episode 3 - Tracing Your Platform to Make Cushion Covers From Scratch
Episode 4 - Sewing Seat Cushions Covers
Episode 5 - Making Throw Pillows
Episode 6 - Making the Front Scroll
Episode 7 - Outside Arm
Episode 8 - Outside Back

[georgewithmore]

Learning to upholster furniture has always seemed to me to be one of the most practical and convenient tasks, since it's a job that will need to be done at some point and, furthermore, it can even be profitable knowledge. When it comes to reupholstering my Ducaroy sofa from Manhattan Home Design, I wish I could do it myself. Thanks for the tutorial.

[terisingleton]

You have been missed. Always enjoyed your videos

[The_Planted_Eye_]

This series is right on time. I am reupholstering a grip of furniture over the next few months. Basically living set, a setee and building a patio set.

[b-Maker-Street]

4:20 Hello. I'm looking for the *PDF Chart linked below, * but can't see it in the description box – any ideas, please? Thank you! Great video - sofa looked a treat by the end. 😀

[pattylevasseur]

thank you grant so much for continuing the channel ;];];] i am currently doing a recliner and need all the help i can get;];];] prayer stay positive ;];];] happy new yr!!

[harveydales]

I really appreciate you showing how to measure for fabric for the couch. What did you come up with for total yardage needed to buy?

[StarpoBerry]

I appreciate this. I'm about to reupholster a victorian kimball sofa and I was very confused about how to measure for fabric

[jellybeansbud]

I’m planning to do this with my couch here in a year or too. We got for a steal at a thrift store and I love it. But it seriously needs new covering.

[laszlobarabas]

hi! How much fabric did you need for this couch? Your video is very good.

[nancystaggs]

You want a funny, the inside arm of a chair I worked on the lady that did the new upholstery used a very vivid dot fabric. When the sun shone on the chair it was in a corner it looked like it was stained. So I guess the lesson here is DO NOT USE BRIGHT fabric for linning. I cannot remember the fabric she chose after I fixed the old fabric. I believe it was ducking 100 % cotton.

[lindaloftus]

Eager wasn't word I was thinking of, omniscient would fit better.

[CutieRingoJoy]

I just came from a video from 6 years ago wow the boy now has facial hair

[ZoubidaPA]

Your suggestion to watch "How to Reupholster a Sofa Start to Finish" at the end of your video links to a political video from an other channel. The title is right, but when I click on the suggestion, it's not your 2-video series that are linked. Not sure if you have control over it. Just wanted to mention your suggestion for the most popular videos on your channel don't link to your videos at all.

[lindaloftus]

Love your videos however don't enjoy the way your son acts as if he knows more than you.