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Re-upholster Seating Cushions

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Remodeling a Camper Trailer on the budget

What happens here

The outdated RV seating cushions are given a DIY re-upholstery treatment. The presenter removes the original fabric, cuts plywood boards to fit the cushion dimensions, and then wraps new, light-colored fabric around the foam and plywood. This is secured by stapling the fabric to the underside of the plywood. The re-upholstered cushions are then placed back into the RV's dining and sofa areas, creating a clean and modern look. The presenter opts for this method over traditional sewing, noting his lack of expertise in that area.

Goal: Original RV seating cushions are re-upholstered by wrapping new fabric around cut plywood boards and stapling it, then re-installing into the RV.

Tools and materials

  • Scissors
  • Staple Gun
  • Table Saw
  • New Fabric (light-colored)
  • Plywood Boards
  • Zip Ties

What they say

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oh [Applause] all right so these hideous things are the cushions from the camper i can't sew to upholster this so um we're gonna do like a diy version of upholstery i'm going to take plywood cup it up cut it up to the size of this thing and then i got material right here that i went to the old fashioned joanne fabric store i always feel at a place down place i don't just it's just a fish out of water and i'm gonna wrap this around and staple it from the bottom into the plywood um the nice thing is these have a zipper on them so i'm just gonna ditch that it's already got this felt on there and uh we'll do like a like a careful fold to it should be nice a little crafty huh [Music] [Applause] [Music] that is oh that's nice let's get the rest of them done [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i think i'm going to take two pieces of material cut them in half and kind of fit them down uh how they're supposed to be and then i'm going to undo the two bolts on each side here just for one side i'm not going to take this whole thing out because it's going to be more of a hassle and then i'm going to secure it just because it's a metal frame underneath here i'm going to secure it with uh i don't know like zip ties small zip ties do a bunch of them hopefully that will work uh i'll do a double fold that way it doesn't rip off but it'll be interesting it'll be interesting to see they'll say the least [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

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