Enough about the weather. I had to share my newest accomplishment. I am so pleased with it! Remember that pine board from my last post? Well I have finished that project. =D I am so very pleased!! I can't stop saying "pleased!"
Here it is! Our new baby ottoman! =D
Having a futon is great because 1- it was free! and 2- It's multi-functional. But it's not very comfortable to sit on. I have to have my legs stretched out. So I have been keeping my eyes open at Goodwill for an ottoman or a coffee table to fix up. Alas, there has never been one that we wanted to adopt. So, since I have been on a decorating-frenzy, I decided to build one! I haven't built anything since I was little and Shane left some scraps of wood from my playhouse. Haha, I have improved in the last 15 years thank goodness!
My two favorite birds discussed whether or not they should live on the new ottoman, but decided they would probably get kicked off by Blake's feet one of these days while he was watching the boob-tube. But they approve of my fabric choice. =D
I had to test it out! It's slightly lower than our futon so it's perfect to stretch out.
I would have been finished with it a few days ago, but once I attached the legs onto it, I realized the legs needed to be shorter. So we went back to Lowes (which we frequent more than any other store nowadays!) and searched for some different legs. None were to be found that didn't need a... thingie... screw-looking-thing... for the top. So, we did the most logical thing. We bought a circular saw. =D Hehe. Oh well, I have wanted one for a while. So Blake sawed them suckers down to ten inches and I repainted them and stuck them on today. Very pleased.
Here's how it looked with its spindly legs.
Here's the innards of the ottoman. As you can see, the concept is very simple. =D I couldn't have done it without its simplicity haha. But I must say, the hardest part was cutting through the padding with my sewing scissors! My hands were barkin' by the time I was done! We bought the padding from Hancock and the other option was foam (like three times more expensive) and I would never have cut through that foam! So I'm glad we found this padding!
Oh yes, I must add a picture of our new rug. I am in love with it! The colors of our house (well, the main ones) are black, white, and shades of aqua. So when I saw this chevron rug, I knew it had to come live with us.
So that is what I've been up to! And I must say thanks to Hunky for helping me and being patient while I searched for the perfect fabric!
3 comments:
chevron and houndstooth are my favorite patterns right now. Love you ottoman.. or ottobaby... whichever you prefer to call it. Is the padding different than foam? foam is soo expensive and I need to replace teh padding in orange chairs seat.
WhooHoo! Very nice, Ms. Carpenter!
i absolutely love your ottoman and your rug and i am very impressed with your carpentry skills. and who's hot legs anyway???? (not talking about the ottoman's, here)
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