For families just starting out, maintaining the furniture in the house may not be a problem. Couples may or may not have children to worry about yet so the care and maintenance of their furniture is entirely under their control. Nevertheless, babyhood is short, and once that quiet little baby is out of the crib, especially when he or she grows up to be an energetic little toddler, then the real challenge comes in.

With the dynamism and energy that comes with the growing toddler, also comes the destruction of your beautiful furniture. The tricky part is the couples cannot really blame them because it is part of their playful nature. However, wherever there\’s a will there\’s a way. Wherever there is a broken piece of furniture, there is definitely a way to fix it.

However most couples immediately opt for the easier option, which is to automatically buy a new piece of furniture to replace the one that has been broken. Yes that might be the easier option, but propagates an awful lot of waste of furniture especially when things broken can be fixed anyway. The less wasteful option that would still solve this problem though is to reupholster old furniture. This may sound like a lot of work but there are many benefits to reupholstering old furniture.

One benefit is the more obvious one, which is that it costs less than buying a new piece of furniture altogether. When it comes to the bigger pieces especially repairing may be the more economical option since all one really needs to buy is the new material. For the sofa for example, a new sofa may probably cost less than what it cost when you first bought, but it\’s definitely cheaper just buying new fabric.

Another benefit to reupholstering instead of buying a new one is the immediate gratification of having a replaced sofa. Often times when one orders, it may take a week or two of waiting before the new one gets delivered. This is a week or two of having no sofa. When it does get delivered, there is that endless hassle of rearranging the living room again to fit it nicely and this would some time again-especially when the toddler is around.

If that\’s not good enough then perhaps the best benefit of having a piece of furniture reupholstered is that one can enjoy the same pattern or sturdy frame of the furniture and at the same time modify it to one\’s preference. Ever wished the sofa you bought had just a tad bit of colour in them instead of being the plain, dull and old that it used to be? Well reupholstering gives you that second chance. It all lies in your hands when you re-modify the sofa instead because all one needs to do is to buy the new fabric of your preference and you can immediately fulfil that wish of changing that old, plain and dull sofa. You could do the same with other furniture like children\’s beds and etc.

So fear not when a toddler is on his way to furniture destruction of his or her children\’s bed. There\’s always reupholstering as a solution.

Author Bio: Karissa Claire Dupree is a design specialist and enjoys writing about any type of home decor such as children\’s beds and Japanese furniture as well as other products.

Category: Home Management
Keywords: design ideas,old furniture,Reupholstering Old Furniture