I've been busy these last two weeks. I had to take care of the yard, gardens, and deck before the snow flies. And I want to park my Subaru (Dory) in the garage again, so I had to move all my finds from this summer and fall somewhere else. They ended up in my laundry room/storage room. Yeah, now that's quite a sight. I'm trying to convert it to my winter workroom. We'll see how that goes.
I want to show you the wooden ottoman that I've been working on. I have three matching ottomans that I bought at a garage sale way back in May. I liked that they had wheels and they would provide storage!
This cream colored material was a great neutral, but too stained to use. So, I took them all apart. The foam padding was in good shape so I could reuse it. Hmmm, what to do with these? A toy box on wheels...I could see the fun Jackson (my 3-year old Godson) would have rolling it around his room to pick up all his John Deere tractors.
But, I ended up painting this first one black. I found some nice black material at Goodwill for cheap and thought it would make a nice cover. It's kind of formal, but I liked it. I cut out the pieces I needed and began to sew it together.
It's turned out pretty nice. I thought it was a bit dark, so I bought an 8' piece of finishing pine that I cut up and nailed to the corners. I added a strip of wood to the bottom too. It brightened it up some, but I'm still not completely happy with it. But, for now, it's very functional and a nice improvement.
I used a different printed fabric for the second ottoman and I painted this one brown. I like this color combination better. It's more cheerful!
The hardest part of this project was getting the foam pad into the newly sewn cover. I had to leave an opening in the cover so we could shove the foam in. It took two of us...my sister, Sandy, was very helpful with this project. I have the edges pinned so I could hand sew the opening shut. (I kinda like hand sewing.)
I like the way this second ottoman turned out. I would make a matching one, but I don't have enough of this material for another cover. Too bad, so sad!
I haven't started the third ottoman, yet. It might end up as a toy box...I'll have to wait and see what inspires me.
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