It’s better than before but I want to recover again. I expected this project to be very simple and am perplexed and annoyed that I can’t get the fabric neat along the edges. My normally good DIY confidence took a hit on this one.

I padded out the tufting holes (I’m not tufting with the new fabric, various reasons), wrapped with upholstery cushion wrap, wrapped again in muslin, THEN used the fabric. I just can’t get it smooth around the sides. Looking I think even worse in photos, you can see the lines from the sections of tufting around the edges. I think the foam would need completely replaced to eliminate that. But hey, I got that darn top smooth!

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Now:

-I shortened the ottoman. Used to have a shelf and had extra leg pieces from that.

-My wall color looks off in most of these photos.

-Real plant will go to right of tv stand.

-Fish and heron pictures are new.

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(That's a lamp on the table.)

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Here's a better quality photo. Sorry, had to use my cell for the wider angle on most of these.

Fish print is new but does have nice color.

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Flipped the books around the other day for something different. May put them back.

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Wall color on the lower half of this photos looks closest to real life.

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Considering using gold rub n buff on the inner edge of this frame. Also would like a lamp here but dimensions are tight.

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Ottoman fabric thoughts? Lamp thoughts?

Thanks!

I don't think your ottoman looks so terrible. Just wondering, is there some kind of box under that chair? There is a large wall area by the TV without any art on the wall which looks rather sad. You said you're redoing the room. Why don't you keep the ottoman as it is until you redo the room? Don't know what changes you're planning but I hope you'll keep us updated.

Ingrid - Yes, the box under the chair holds additional toys for now. Here's the other side of the room.

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That large wall, I am going to add a plant back hopefully soon. I did have threads not long ago about adding art and most didn't seem to understand why I wanted anything there and some said about the placement. I thought it seemed sad too. The plan was originally to add a large vertical piece here. Jjam that posts here has a room where the furniture is at an angle and she did something similar with placement and I thought it looked nice.

Someone here was kind enough to do a bunch of photoshops of my art choices but to my surprise I didn't care for them on the wall. I kind of gave up the search after a while.

Ignore the fabric draped over ottoman.

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The changes include hardwood then new furniture. Things will build and change off that. As it looks now I may need to wait longer than planned. It would be (can be) inexpensive to recover the ottoman so that's why I'm not opposed to changing it. Eventually I want a fireplace and built ins across that whole main wall. I'm trying to convince DH to move. :)

Thank you Gracie! That's very helpful!

Shee, I think your new additions look really nice!

I like seeing the cream ottoman and drapes and the addition of big blue(heron!).

My mom has my chairs that were slipcovered in the Bosporus toile and had a paprika sofa(that has faded and disheveled from grandsons growing up on them). We just ordered her a cream sofa for her house/leather navy wingback and keeping the Bosporus toile chairs. And added a blue leopard print for pillows!! Similarities:)

What does big blue look like behind the loveseat?

I love what you have done to the room, and I am impressed with your upholstery job! The cabinet behind the sofa looks great and is beautifully accessorized. Love the fish and bird prints, too! Nice choice of floor lamp. I have one that is similar and I really like the light it gives for reading, without taking up a lot of floor space.

Peppa - Thank you! Your mom's new room sounds very pretty. And I love the thought of a navy wingback chair. OOo, I really like navy leather chairs.

Do you mean on the main wall where I had the taped mock up in the above pics or closer to the corner, more behind loveseat, near the two nautical pictures?

I'll move it around later and get a picture. I think it may be too small for the main wall though.

Teeda - Thanks! I was hoping you would see this since you did the fish art and ottoman mock up. I still like yours better but thought mine were close. I had a hard time finding a lamp for that spot. Even other similar styles were too short or I didn't like how long the neck part was. Most would have been hanging way over the chair. It would hang way over the chair space. This one I can bend the arm something like shown in the stock photo above and it will take up less space. A torchiere lamp may have fit but I don't really care for the style. Anything with a fabric shade would have been too big. I do really like this floor lamp...

and considered using it over by the loveseat to replace the broken table lamp. (You can't really tell but the base is cracked through.) I'm not sure if I want another table lamp or a floor lamp there.

Gracie - Looking at that link more I think I did see that at one point when I was messing around with the ottoman. I think it was mid process when I was taking a break. I really thought I could get it nice just like covering a chair cushion and I was just totally D O N E when I finished the ottoman. I think I'm going to go back and try that until I figure out what I want to do with fabric.

ETA - Actually, I think I may have cut too much fabric around the corners to be able to do that now.

It's looking great.

I'm very impressed by your upholstery abilities right off the bat. It's great that you're doing this in stages so you can practice and get a better idea of what to do and how to do it : ) .