How do I build a sofa?

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:44:31 GMT, "mkochsch"
<mkochschREMOVE@THIS_1234.shaw.THISTOO.ca> wrote:

>Are there any resources out there on how to construct an upholstered sofa?

Plenty of books on upholstery. The woodworking is trivial - most
fully-upholstered furniture is truly crude underneath. A halved joint
in unplaned 2x4 is about as complex as it gets.

>How hard could it be?

Pretty easy. My first upholstered piece was recovering a two seater
sofa. I was about to throw it out, until I realised it was a sofa bed
and worth the trouble to rebuild.

Trickiest bit is finding a supplier for upholstery materials. Then
hide the staple gun and the air nailer and go to it in the completely
traditional style. Foam exists to light the fires of eternal fiery
toxic damnation under the butts of those heathens who use it. Don't do
it.

Thanks for advice. I guess my pondering building a sofa myself is that I
have a living space which requires a unique seating area. It's already a
custom job because there's no couch a la carte that I've found so far that
fits the space. I'm thinking it's going to be a built in. The upholstery is
the only part that is the unknown part, but I'm pretty talented so I'm
confident I can pull it off.

"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:44:31 GMT, "mkochsch"
> <mkochschREMOVE@THIS_1234.shaw.THISTOO.ca> wrote:
>
> >Are there any resources out there on how to construct an upholstered
sofa?
>
> Plenty of books on upholstery. The woodworking is trivial - most
> fully-upholstered furniture is truly crude underneath. A halved joint
> in unplaned 2x4 is about as complex as it gets.
>
> >How hard could it be?
>
> Pretty easy. My first upholstered piece was recovering a two seater
> sofa. I was about to throw it out, until I realised it was a sofa bed
> and worth the trouble to rebuild.
>
> Trickiest bit is finding a supplier for upholstery materials. Then
> hide the staple gun and the air nailer and go to it in the completely
> traditional style. Foam exists to light the fires of eternal fiery
> toxic damnation under the butts of those heathens who use it. Don't do
> it.
>

Thanks. Not exactly the style I want but the basic idea of how the frame is
built gives me something to go on. Parts are available on line at
Vandykes.com.

"Bob Marley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> mkochsch wrote:
> > Are there any resources out there on how to construct an upholstered
sofa?
> > How hard could it be? I'm looking for instructions on how to build the
> > frame.
> >
> >
> A guy did one on the woodcentral shop shots website he said it was
> really expensive. Here's the link to the pics and story.
>
> http://www.woodcentral.com/shots/shot187.shtml
>
> Tom

mkochsch wrote:
> Are there any resources out there on how to construct an upholstered sofa?
> How hard could it be? I'm looking for instructions on how to build the
> frame.
>
>
A guy did one on the woodcentral shop shots website he said it was
really expensive. Here's the link to the pics and story.

http://www.woodcentral.com/shots/shot187.shtml

Tom

My wife would kill me ;^)


"C" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:44:31 +0000, mkochsch wrote:
>
> > Are there any resources out there on how to construct an upholstered
sofa?
> > How hard could it be? I'm looking for instructions on how to build the
> > frame.
>
> Take apart an old sofa and discover how simple the framing really is.
>

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:44:31 +0000, mkochsch wrote:

> Are there any resources out there on how to construct an upholstered sofa?
> How hard could it be? I'm looking for instructions on how to build the
> frame.

Take apart an old sofa and discover how simple the framing really is.

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:52:54 +0000, mkochsch wrote:

> My wife would kill me ;^)
>
>

Wives seem to have this problem.