Stripes?

I have been in LOVE with this couch since the moment I saw it on Pinterest a few months ago. Today I decided to see if I could buy it. I searched and searched for it online only to find out that it was featured in a Country Home magazine article years ago so there is no way I could get the couch now (or slipcover... whichever it is). I was feeling very defeated, because this couch has so much personality and just inspires me. I would love to have it in my home. Plus it just happens to go with my current decor. It really is calling out to me.

Then I started thinking... I could just make my own, right? How hard could it be to make a slipcover? Then began the fabric search. This was just as hard as the original couch search, but I think I finally found what I need.

So what do you think? Should I do it? The fabric is perfect and I found an awesome tutorial here thanks to Remodelaholic.

OR.... I could paint it! No lie! People do it all the time. Just use fabric paint. There is a tutorial for that here by It's Great To Be Home.

The only problem is that I am such a chicken! I love it, but will anyone else? And will my room look as good as the room in the picture or will this just look like I am trying way too hard? And so goes the rest of my day.... actually I'll probably do this to myself for a month.