Did you think I forgot all about this blog? I just haven't had much to add lately.
Now I have a few items that will be posted on tuesdays over the next few weeks.
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Somewhere along the way I got this table "hand me down". It is nice, very heavy and kind of annoyingly big. Its 2feet x 2feet so it is a big side table thats hard to decorate. I have wanted to do something with it to make it more useful.
In my usual nighttime thought / overthink I decided it could make a nice ottoman.
I measured down the legs and decided it could loose about 7"
Then I bought some thick, firm foam from the local Smiths Market place and cut it to fit the table top.
I am not so great at sewing. But I'm too stubborn to let that stop me. Because of that I have found my own ways to simplify the process for myself (or I'm totally doing it right and I am awesome :-)
I laid the fabric wrong side out over the foam and pinned the excess corners to create a seam line, flush to the foam corner so that it would be square to the 2 inch foam. I took that to my sewing machine then turn the fabric right side out and stuff the foam back in to the stitched fabric leaving the excess fabric to staple to the top board.
The top was never really mounted to the base so I stuffed the fabric through and stapled it down to keep the top and bottom pieces together.
Excuse the green curtain lighting. in the next shots while you check out my cool new foot stool.
I knew I wanted a very large, graphic print.
I am loving it.
Because of the firm foam you can still set things on it without them tipping over. But it also serves as a foot rest or even extra seating if needed.
It was quite a simple update to do and I think it will be far more useful in our house.
thats it for today. Come back next week. I'll show you my new kitchen table.
