How to Upholster the Inside Arm of a Sofa

In this video you'll learn how to upholster an inside arm of a sofa. The techniques you will learn in this video can we applied to any piece of furniture.

You'll learn how to measure the arm to cut the fabric, you'll learn the importance of anchor points to fix the fabric on before fully stapling it on and where to put them. We'll also show you how to make cuts in your fabric to get around wooden rails.

This video also includes a detailed tutorial on how to finish the pleats on the front of a scroll arm.

We have broken the video down so you can easily find the section you want, here are the time stamps:

00:47 - Adding Dacron
03:15 - Measuring the arm for fabric
04:46 - Cutting the fabric
05:50 - Using anchor points to attach the fabric
09:01 - Cutting around wooden rails
10:45 - Tacking off the fabric
19:16 - Creating pleats on the back of the arm
25:08 - Creating pleats on the front of the arm