Gaucho Renovation

The gaucho (front couch that converts to a bed) was, simply put, horrific.  

Here is the original gaucho:
















We decided that recovering it ourselves would not be easy and we should spend the money to have professionals do that work.  It took a few days to shop upholsterers and fabrics, but we are very happy with the end result!



When we pulled out the gaucho, we noticed that the cabinets underneath needed to be replaced (trashed and recreated), the end sections of the gaucho which were that lovely brown corduroy fabric had water damage and needed replacing as well as the front facing piece.  

Here is a photo of the original cabinets' "floorboards":





















Here is the recreation of the cabinets' "floorboards":

Here is one of the original end caps of the gaucho:

Here, we used a faux soft brown leather to replace the old brown corduroy fabric and batting:

The end caps connect to these trapezoid-shaped supports which set up at the end of each side of the gaucho and support the arm rests which we also had professionally re-covered.  The arm rests remove and you can store stuff in the ends of the gaucho.

Here Benny is finishing the support pieces and attaching the newly re-covered corner pieces: