Visible mending furniture

An in progress image of a visible repair on a Victorian nursing chair. This is a great way of mending wear and tear on furniture that you love and don't want to fully change the covers. It adds a story to the chair and makes it even more unique. #visible repair #chair repair

A curated list of ideas for how to repair upholstery including how to cover up cat scratched couch arms and furniture patching ideas.

Over the past few years we’ve seen a (welcome) resurgence in mending: taking a needle and thread to socks, sweaters, and kitchen linens as needed to help them last (and avoid buying new). It’s an old-fashioned solution that’s returned, in part, as an inch-by-inch, stitch-by-stitch holdfast against fast fashion and disposable culture. But patching isn’t […]

I've been wanting to fix up our tattered sofa upholstery for ages – it'd been shredded on the arms by our cats scratching it and looked really terrible. Luckily the damage was to the surface of the fabric and hadn't gone all the way through, so I decided to try to patch it as the

#visiblemending is the antidote not only to fast fashion but to throw-away consumerism of all sorts. Check out these 10 easy household patches and fixes.

As much as designers love to stay on top of the latest decor trends and styles, they often yearn for the looks of yesteryear, many of which have plenty of design merit — but have fallen to the wayside over time. I spoke to nine top designers who shared the trends they wish hadn’t slipped away. The good news: If one (or several!) of these looks speaks to you, there’s no reason you can’t introduce it into your home today.

Check out this great idea: A super-cute furniture patch, By Racey Tae on Flickr.

The DIY cardboard furniture are the latest trend in modern furniture and fascinate people with their style and simplicity. Originally reserved only for

Not my couch, but what a great repair! "Someone in my home tips group showed a person embroidering their couch where the cat had damaged it and it inspired me to fix my own couch with embroidery!"