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| say no to crack |
About a month ago I found a a small ottoman at the swap shop. Aside from the cracked seat, it was in good shape; it even has wheels for ease of moving it around the apartment! I didn't really need it (I don't really need anything from the swap shop), but I knew it would make a great foot rest for the arm chair, and the cats clearly need another object to sit on.
When I brought it home, I promptly put it in my neighbors empty apartment until I could find time to do something to make it slightly less ugly, or at least a little more comfortable. No one wants to sit on a cracked seat. Knowing I needed to give this seat a face lift reminded me that I should finally get around to giving a couple of side tables that I've had for a while a face lift, too. I had planned on painting them, but my apartment doesn't have a lot of space for such activities. Next door they went to wait their turn to be refurbished as well.
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| in the midst of the face lift |
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| disassembled |
Fast forward several weeks to the email I got from my neighbor on a Thursday or Friday that they'd be back by the following Monday or Tuesday. Oh. Well, there goes my temporary storage area! So, I motivated and got all three pieces done over that weekend. Primer and paint for the side tables came courtesy of my landlords, fabric for the ottoman came from my slightly-excessive stash.
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| much happier |
Side table #1 was acquired from friends who had moved to England (but have since returned); its job is to hold plants and knitting magazines, and it does a lovely job of it. But lately, it clearly wasn't happy in its plain, slightly varnished wood state. A couple of coats of Dill Pickle and it's happy as can be.
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| perfect color combo |
Side table #2 was a hand-me-down from my summer gardening boss. I knew I had wanted to paint this for a while, but I obviously hadn't gotten around to it. Also a plant stand (um, I have a lot of plants) as well as storage for random stuff, it was tired of blending in. This one also got a couple of coats of Dill Pickle, but with accents of Cranberry, as well. I love how the colors look together.
Re-covering the ottoman was super easy, and a good, quick project whilst waiting for paint to dry. I measured the circumference, height and diameter for a better fit of the new cover. The side piece is just one long rectangle of brown corduroy, folded so the short edges met; a seam up that side, and a hem along the bottom had that part prepped. The top started as a couple of square layers of fabric with batting sandwiched between; I then did some quick, basic quilting on it, to keep the batting in place. To get the "right" shape of the top, I layed the quilted top on the floor and flipped the ottoman upside down on onto the fabric and traced it. After cutting out the the rough shape of the top, I pinned this to the raw edge of the corduroy side piece and sewed around it. As luck would have it, it fit like a glove. Good as new, and clearly the cats have already claimed it as their own.
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| gauge loves his new seat |
Re-covering the ottoman was super easy, and a good, quick project whilst waiting for paint to dry. I measured the circumference, height and diameter for a better fit of the new cover. The side piece is just one long rectangle of brown corduroy, folded so the short edges met; a seam up that side, and a hem along the bottom had that part prepped. The top started as a couple of square layers of fabric with batting sandwiched between; I then did some quick, basic quilting on it, to keep the batting in place. To get the "right" shape of the top, I layed the quilted top on the floor and flipped the ottoman upside down on onto the fabric and traced it. After cutting out the the rough shape of the top, I pinned this to the raw edge of the corduroy side piece and sewed around it. As luck would have it, it fit like a glove. Good as new, and clearly the cats have already claimed it as their own. 
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