Saturday, May 16, 2015

All Things Need a Makeover Every Now and Then

So the stool that came with my new Singer sewing cabinet no longer had the original upholstery. Someone at some point had recovered it with a weird plastic the same consistency of those things you put under a rug to keep them from slipping. Practical perhaps though not my style. 



So I dug into my stash and pulled out this beautiful paisley fabric I had bought as a remnant several years ago thinking I'd make a carpet bag out of it. I ended up buying a carpet bag so I never used the fabric. I like it better on the stool. 


In fact, I liked it so much I decided to finally recover the world's ugliest ottoman with it. I picked this little gem up for a few bucks several years ago with the best intentions of recovering it immediately. Then my life derailed and here it sat. So I decided I'd try to find a similar fabric to what I used on the stool. 


It's hard to believe but I was able to find the exact same fabric four or five years later. AND it was 50% off. What are the odds? I have enough now to make a valance and recover a decorative pillow. I've decided to add a trim so I'll wait until I pick that up to start that project. 


Ethel has inspected it and is quite pleased that I splurged for new 2" foam. The old metal springs popping up were hard on her bones (not to mention my feet.)

4 comments:

Florida Farm Girl said...

Oooohhh that turned out wonderfully! Love that ottoman, too.

carol fun said...

Great job... they look new all over again!

Crazy Lady with purple fingers said...

Beautiful and I can not believe how great the ottoman turned out, love the fabric!

paront1222@comcast.net said...

They look like new aging :)
My daughter was just talking about finding an ottoman like that and redoing it....

Missed seeing you this past week....

Peggy