After making do for some time with a fill-in sofa I was itching to get to building the couch that haunted my mind. I’ve never built a couch before nor have I done much upholstery (almost zero), so this was a leap of faith. I think it worked out pretty well though. The fabric came from the Herman Miller factory store which, fortunately, my mom lives down the road from. If it hadn’t been for a very inexpensive purchase of a mass of upholstery fabric I probably wouldn’t have been so cavalier about this project, but fortunately I had extra yards to fall back on. Having lived with the couch a few weeks now I can see things I might do differently if I have to re-upholstery it at some point. The sketch is pretty much all I had to go on, the rest of it just sort of worked itself out in my head. Alright, enough words, now for the pictures.

The wall sconces/reading lamps above worked with the old couch but not with the new couch, mostly because they bonked heads. Sadly moving them up or out wouldn’t work, so I made these sconces out of some spare parts. Ultimately I think we’re going to want something else but this is a good fill in for now.

Finally, a picture of the room as is now.