I like that we can pull them out as foot rests or extra seating, but they are stored out of the way. You can see with time, those poufs start to shrink a bit. Like anything that’s filled with foam, they start to lose their fullness after a lot of use. The foam gets crushed, so a full ottoman or pouf will start to shrink. 

Our ottomans have a nice cover with a zipper at the bottom. There’s an insert with the foam inside that I had to open up: 

A seam ripper is super helpful for this part! It makes quick work of opening this up. 

We used a cup to scoop the little beads into the insert…slowly. This stuff will go all over if you’re not careful. 😜

Once I had them as full as possible, I hand sewed the inserts closed. That’s it! 

Just look at the difference! 

SO much better! These decorative poufs are usually not cheap — refluffing will give them a much longer life. 

It took me about an hour to fill them back up. Now they look like they did when we got them!:

This fix works on any ottoman, cushion or pouf filled with foam pellets. And of course, bean bags! 

I’ve found that our ottomans need a fluff every three years or so, and then they look brand new again. 

Do you have a sad, flat ottoman that needs refilled?