31 Days of Upholstery (Day 1)

Hello, and welcome. I'm Linda and I love upholstery projects. For the next 31 days, I will be discussing any/all things related to upholstery. I would love to hear from you, what would you like to contribute/learn? If you have no interest in upholstery, please feel free to click around my site while I finish my obligation to the challenge. For all 31 days, go here

This is where it all begins....the gun. I have tried them all.....here is my experience


The one you see on HGTV

This is about $20 and you will see many television people using this. In my opinion, $20 it too much to charge for this. I, too, started with this. I was never able to staple anything without having to use a hammer after to drive the staples in further.

Next, a much better alternative

An electric staple gun. This will run you $25 - $55, and is worth the extra few dollars for all that extra power. If you don't think that you will do many projects, and just want to finish a set of seats, one or two cornice boxes, etc...this is the one for you!


My personal favorite

A pneumatic staple gun. You do not need to be brand specific, just graduating from electric to pneumatic is enough. In fact, while researching for this post, I found this

a pneumatic staple gun for only $30 from Home Depot. Is it the best quality or brand? Probably not, but it is way better than an electric one!

Don't forget, a pneumatic gun needs a compressor to run it!! To read more about my upholstery tools, go here.

* For (Day 2) go here