Upholstery- the story of a bench

Here is the story of a small bench with LOTS of potential. 

You remember that major story in April that swept through the southeast??

A lot of bad happened, but some good did come, like some awesome antiques on the curb;

enter exhibit A.

A sweet friend of mine snatched this and a few other items out of someone's "trash" pile. She knew if we  put our minds together we could make this little guy cute in no time flat!!

We had no top, so we used a scrap piece of plywood, drilled 5 holes to make a diamond shape and got to work.

1. covered in multiple layers of batting.

2. stapled the batting down

3. trimmed the excess

4. covered the batting with dr's flannel, aka curtain inner lining... same thing

5. cover buttons in accenting fabric

6. pin and sew the piping in place.

 7. attach main fabric to the cushion

 8. attached the buttons with an upholstery needle and heavy duty twine

 9. we added "L" brackets underneath to attach the cushion to

10. stapled the piping to the bench frame, and screwed on the top.

I will show a "tada" pic in my friend's uuber cute house. 

Ziggity Zag

One of my many new years resolution's was to teach myself to upholster.

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disregard the feet... they look like they are waiting on the flood... literally.

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and no... the painting is still not quite like I want it. maybe next week when we are out of school.

My mom gave me this chair when we moved into our home. I knew it had tons of potential but it was one of those way way down on the to do list.

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Unfortunately I did not document this adventure.. (i know i know i should have) but there were alot of bruises, hang nails, curse words,  bummed fingers you know the usual when you are learning something new...

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I did however get to borrow my friends staple gun to adhere the new fabric!! yahoo!!

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Did I mention it took me 2 weeks to get the old fabric off?? far too long. 

notice my cute little side table??

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I found out about her through Three Men and a Lady

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She found this table at Kohl's Who would have thought??

isn't her room to die for??

I loaded the top of the table with only some of my fave's.

the elle mag a friend got me on her trip to paris. thanks kara!

and that candle is HEAVEN, its volcano from anthropologie.

Update:

Since taking this picture in early march,(yes I am that behind in blogging) the chair has found it's permenant perfect home at the foot of my bed. Can't wait to show you!