5 Cheapskate Ways to Reupholster Your Furniture for Less

The vast continuum of furniture coverings is bookended on one end by cheap, easy, often desperate quick fixes, such as the artfully draped and tucked blanket. On the other end: shockingly expensive professional upholstery. Let's split the difference, shall we? Our five clever cost-cuts and totally-doable DIYs promise results swankier than a bed sheet but more reasonable than reupholstering. Avert your eyes, furniture purists; these upholstery methods are down-and-dirty make-dos, spit-and-glue ha...