I had the itch for a new couch. I love the beautiful, white/cream/neutral overstuffed sectionals that you see all over Instagram and Pinterest. The ones that you could melt right into (and your kids would probably stain within the first week).
Well, a new couch wasn’t in the budget.
There’s nothing wrong with my current couch. It’s comfortable for the most part and the gray hides my kids messes while also matching for the most part with my current decor. There was one thing however, that was driving me bananas (and my husband thought I was a nutcase for even bringing it up).
COUCH FEET. Now you might ask, who really gives couch feet a second thought?
If I was thinking about couch feet, I just had to believe someone else in the world also might be thinking about their couch feet. And that brings me (and you) to this post.
My couch feet were black and angular and overall just weren’t “sparking joy” for me. They weren’t meshing with my dreams of a Pinterest perfect, soft, neutral living room. I’ve been slowly but surely trying to incorporate some warm wood tones into our house.
I couldn’t help but think that if I changed them out it might tie in my couch to my living room a little more. Maybe it could help to scratch that itch of feeling like something needed to change.
Insert insanely easy DIY project here.
I made my way to Lowe’s and picked up some unfinished wood, screw-in furniture feet. The ones I picked out had a pre-installed screw to make things easy and were $7.38 a pop (I needed 8 total).
To note – before I started this project I checked to see if the existing couch feet could easily come off and be replaced with new screw in feet.
I stained these bad boys with two different colors, attempting to recreate that Restoration Hardware-esque weathered wood look. I used Varathane Weathered Gray and Special Walnut.
Don’t be intimidated of staining, especially on unfinished wood. Get yourself a foam brush or a rag, and do one coat all over in the gray. Wipe off any excess with a clean rag or paper towel and wait for it to dry (about an hour or so). Then start the second coat in oak and wipe excess off again. After I had my two coats on, I waited overnight to do a matte polyurethane as a final step to protect the legs from the vacuum or small destructive children.
What do you guys think? It’s a subtle change but I’m happy with the result!
While on the topic of a couch refresh, let me also suggest fluffing up your cushions with some Polyfill. Get yourself a box here and jazz up your current furniture by unzipping your covers and stuffing it in wherever things are getting a little flat.
Another tip? Swap out those pillow covers! I’m a big fan of With Lavender and Grace and Etsy along with good old trusty HomeGoods.
My itch for a new couch has been placed on the backburner for a while with these easy and inexpensive updates.
