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Nowadays, this little bench lends itself to new uses. Like a bench by the door to put on shoes. Or a kid's bedroom where they can sit on it and.... text (ironic, huh?) Or they cover it with clothes they try on, decide not to wear and ultimately put in the dirty clothes pile.
I spray painted this after taking off the wooden pieces with a screw driver. And it took way more spray paint than you would think because of those round tube surfaces. It required all of the partial can I had on a hand, a trip to the store, and another can to finish it.
Then with the cushions, I used a little stack of fabric book samples to make a patchwork cover. That took about as much time as the trip to the store. Obviously, it would be simpler with a single piece of fabric to cover the seat and arm-rest, but I am trying to use up what I have on hand. Charleigh really like the part when I stapled the covers on. She shot a couple of the staples into the seat for her contribution to the project.
The spray paint was nice and dry by the time I finished sewing the covers, so I just screwed the pieces back on and it's done.
(Find this little gem at the Fayetteville Trading Post very soon.)
2 comments:
LOVE it! And I love that you understand the importance of long, curly cords. We were lucky enough that ours reached into the powder room.
You left out the part about the phone book inevitably getting wet -- or maybe you pick yours up sooner than I do!
And I LOVE that you use what you have! Very freesourcefull!
I really like the color that you painted the bench. (Where in the world did you find the bench, by the way?) It's very funky.....I love the material.....it's perfect what you did with it. I can't give anything away around here with those color....nobody gets it!
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