Painted Sofa

14 years ago

I'm sure this isnt everyones cup of tea but I thought I would post photos. A few months ago I purchased this sofa off ebay

and asked posted asking if anyone had ever painted a sofa. Someone was kind enough to post instructions.

Today I painted it. It isnt finished. I am going to let me 3yo paint designs on it this evening. as it is going in his room.

I'm sure you cant tell from the photos but it actually turned out much better than I expected. I'm thinking this is definately a project I will do again.

Here is the result

And a close-up

Sorry the photos are so bad. I took them with my cell phone.

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Comments (9)

DruidClark
14 years ago
Wow, it's gorgeous.
greenthumbfish
14 years ago
Great job! Please post your method & products used as there have been many discussed here, thanks!
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Boopadaboo
14 years ago
Fabulous! I can't believe how good that looks.
eclecticme
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14 years ago
When I originally asked for directions, someone posted a link to the instructions. Since then, the post has been deleted so I decided to just do it from memory. I painted it just as you would a wall. I rolled on 2 coats of primer. I recall the instructions saying to sand in between coats. I didnt. Then I rolled on 2 coats of the final color. I used what I had on hand. I painted the front a beige pearlized color from BM. It's what I used to paint my bedroom. I havent done the back of the sofa yet but I think I'm going to paint it red. My son is going to be thrilled when he gets to "decorate it" this evening. It looks sorta like a cross between regular fabric and pleather. The original sofa material isnt smoothe. It has a slightly raised design. The raised design is slightly apparent thru the paint.
parma42
14 years ago
It's beautiful.

HTH

Here is a link that might be useful: Magnaverde's instructions
amykath
14 years ago
That is impressive! I really never would have guessed you could paint fabric. It looks pristine.
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Lori A. Sawaya
14 years ago
I just posted this on my blog I have two chairs I'm thinking about painting - really, what do I have to lose? If I don't like it, I can always reupholster, right? I just need to take a deep breath and DO IT! I think I'm going to remove all the tacs, paint the fabric and then replace them with bigger, different ones. There are A LOT of tacs.

Here is a link that might be useful: Painting Chairs
neetsiepie
14 years ago
I like it! What are you having your child do to it?

I painted a wing chair that I wanted to slipcover but couldn't. The fabric also had a slight textured design. I painted it with primer only, then added lollipop roses & vines. It did have a bit of a crunchy feeling but nothing too offensive. When we moved I spray painted it a Terra cotta color with some brown accents. Ended up looking & feeling like leather. It held up pretty darn well too.
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Lori A. Sawaya
14 years ago
Pesky, so after you painted it once, you later painted it again with spray paint just to change the pattern/color?

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