I showed you the upholstered ottomans in Maris' room yesterday. I wanted to show you their transformation. This is how they looked when I bought them at Homegoods:

They were covered in a small peachy-pinky check fabric. I knew that I would be giving them a make-over when I bought them. At $60 for the pair, I didn't mind.  

I thought it would be fun to paint them. Using primer, I brushed on a thin coat. 

There was still quite a bit of the print coming through the primer so I applied a second coat. After it dried, it was really rough to the touch so I lightly sanded everything with 220 sandpaper. HUGE difference. Then I applied an off-white latex house paint. But this time, I used a 4" foam roller-- because I am impatient and this application is much faster than using a brush.

{via simpleorganizedliving}

I sanded and then applied another coat. Then I sanded and added another coat--like 5 times.

It feels a little like pleather at this point. Very smooth. I had these out on the floor and would paint, walk away, let it dry, sand, come back and do it again. After doing this for 2 days and realizing at 9pm that I had a party the next day and I wanted these done...I realized that I was only 1/2 way through because I now needed to paint on a design. It hit me that I probably had fabric that would work in my stash and that I could actually reupholster them WAY faster than continuing the painting process. It's called the creative process, people. don't judge.

Sure enough, I had some blue chevron fabric and thus we rerouted to Plan B.

I laid the fabric-right side down-on top of the cube.

When cutting my fabric, I allowed for a couple of extra inches to be stapled to the bottom.  

The chevrons showing through made it easy to keep it nice and straight. On each corner, I took up the excess, starting at the top.

I pinned it straight down to the bottom. You want it to be good and snug for a professional finish.  

I felt through the fabric to determine where the top of the original seam started.

I placed a mark with the pencil. This was the place that my stitching would start. 

Then I cut off the excess triangle shaped fabric { I was in a hurry and was using dull scissors--thus ridiculous looking *straight* cuts} Then starting at the top pencil mark, I sewed 4 seams following the pins. I removed the pins, turned the fabric right side out and slipped it over the cube.

I removed the feet by taking out the screws.

I pulled the new slipcover snuggly over the cube and stapled the excess fabric all around the bottom. Then I put the feet back on.