This video will teach you how to reupholster a simple footstool.

This project of how to reupholster a simple footstool is an introduction to upholstery and recovering small pieces of furniture. You will learn about all the basic techniques and tools required to finish the job professionally and easily. This simple footstool project is the perfect piece to start your journey because it’s an easy project to complete. Once you complete this project, you will gain the basic skills and confidence you’ll need to try something more complicated.

A simple footstool is an easy beginner project.

Maybe you will loose a little bit of time trying out this project for yourself but you also have simple skills to gain that can produce an amazing looking footstool. I know that you won’t regret trying out this simple project. It will get you thinking about all the furniture in your home that can use a fabric change. We all see inexpensive little footstools like this in home decor stores all over the country. Sometimes they are upholstered with cheap or outrageous looking fabrics that will never match out decor.  Now you will know how to easily and quickly change the fabric in less than an hour’s time!

Learn how to reupholster.

What tools will you need when you learn how to reupholster? You will have to purchase a few specialty tools for this footstool makeover but most tools you already own. I recommend an electric stapler to make that part of the job as easy as a flick of a finger. I love automated tools that make projects easier to manage and I’m sure you will too. A basic tool kit will get the rest of the job done for you. The best part about viewing and doing this project is that you gain the ability to reupholster kitchen and dining room chairs, as well. Your new-gained confidence will have you WISHING for more projects. It’s that gratifying.