I hated the upholstery of my sofa since the day it was delivered to me around 1992. I contemplated recovering it immediately, but I had chosen the pattern myself and so I felt I must live with it. 15-years on I decided it was an eyesore in my new home and the time to reupholster it had come.
These photos by Alamo Upholstery.
Other than the fabric I liked the sofa for its design, size and comfortable. This also seemed to be a good opportunity to find a good, sustainable fabric.
The frame is strong and in good shape.
As it turns out, it's very hard to find "green" fabrics. Reupholstery shops in the area had no idea, and weren't really interested in new products. As I learned, they also markup the fabrics they sell 100%, thus they have no incentive to have the customer bring in fabric. Here are some links to some fabric suppliers:
I chose a "cradle to cradle," infinitely recyclable fabric from DesignTex.
I also highly recommend Alamo Custom Upholstery .
The final product.
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Much nicer, it looks much better with the new color!
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