Well this seems to be a tips and tricks week here on TDC, so let’s keep that going! If you missed the other posts from this week, you can see how to make a window private for super cheap here and how to dress up a ceiling fan with a lamp shade here.
I shared this refluffing tip on my Instagram stories the other day and had so many people respond, I figured I should share it here! It’s a pretty easy fix.
I got these ottomans for our family room last year and we LOVE them:
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We keep them under the coffee table and I’ve been really happy with them. But like anything that’s filled with foam, they start to lose their fullness over time. The foam gets crushed, so a full ottoman or pouf will start to shrink.
I like mine as fluffy as possible, so I wanted to fill them back up! Our ottomans have a nice cover with a zipper at the bottom. There’s an insert with the foam inside that I had to open up:
A seam ripper is super helpful for this part! It makes quick work of opening this up.
I ordered foam filler online here — there was a TON! I have plenty left for future use:
We used a cup and scooped it into the insert…slowly. This stuff will go all over if you’re not careful.
These larger foam pellets were pretty easy to work with though:
Once I had them as full as possible, I hand sewed the inserts closed. That’s it!
Just look at the difference!
SO much better! These decorative poufs are usually not cheap — refluffing will give them a much longer life.
It took me about an hour to fill them back up. Now they look like they did when we got them!:
This fix works on any ottoman, cushion or pouf filled with foam pellets. And of course, bean bags! In a couple years I’ll probably have to do it again, but as you can see, we have plenty. 😉
Do you have a sad, flat ottoman that needs some fluff?
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