http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7l4gTDaIR0
6. Pliers for taking out staples
7. A rubber mallet
8. Rigid tack strips - I reused the ones from my couch because they were still in good condition, but in case you need to buy some new ones you can get them from Ebay or Amazon, or your local reupholstery store.
9. Curve-Ease - this is like a flexible tack strip - it's not mandatory but will make your life so much easier and your lines more even when you are putting on the sides and back of your couch!You can get it from eBay. I'll detail how it's used below.
10. Cording, like this from eBay
11. Heavy duty thread in the color of your fabric you are using for your couch
12. Dust cover fabric for the bottom of the couch, such as this, but I wanted to save money so I used an extra sheet I had laying around for this.
13. Extra fabric used for the parts of the couch nobody sees, such as under the seat cushions - This is primarily a money-saving thing, but you will notice if you lift up the cushions on your couch there is an extra piece of fabric underneath the cushions that covers the springs, but it's not the same fabric your couch is in. That's what I'm talking about. I used an extra sheet for this too rather than buying fabric for it.
14. Pillow stuffing - I used Poly-fil 10 lb Premium Polyester Fiber in White.
15. A regulator, which is a thin flat metal tool that you can buy, like this one from eBay. I didn't have one so I just used a flathead screwdriver as my regulator (probably not recommended by professional reupholsterers).
Optional Supplies
1. New legs and anchors for your couch! Mine didn't come with any.
2. Foam for new seat cushions - After we took mod commercial furniture the covers off of the old seat cushions, the foam was still in great shape so we just reused it.
