Three dollar fix.

Thank you to everyone who told me how to fix my couch. I went to Jo-Anne fabric to get some webbing. Two and a quarter yards at $.79 per yard. Using my  40% coupon, it came to something like $2.22.

At least I have a reason to pull out my little staple gun.

I flipped the couch over and ....ran the webbing over and under the springs. just to make sure it didn't pull apart, I stapled the snot out of it... At least 20 staples on each end! I hope that stands up to the FLOPPING of the boys...

BUT

The front still sags.

SO flip back over and take a looksie...

Very thin knotty plywood strip held up by two corners of a 2 / 4. Hmm,

OFF those little corners come.

and in goes a golden replacement.

Seriously, this gem has been hiding in the garage for  two years since we helped build the Aladdin float Darian's Sophomore year... (He was Aladdin).

Out come the big guns. Cannyn (AKA The big gun!) and The air compressor/ nailer combination.

That looks sturdier. Now for the final test...

Looks straight. not sinking to the floor. Maybe I will make slipcovers after all.

( My mother said just watch craigs list and find a better couch. Maybe that would work too.)

Thanks ladies... This is why I love blogging!

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I pulled that nice piece of  MDF out from the couch, and now, I am eyeballing it for one of the kitchen projects.