As you already know, this past week I was back home in Connecticut helping my mother get ready for her Bi-Annual Garden Art Sale. Since I am contributing some handmade pillow covers to the sale I needed to create the perfect display. Now my mom has lugged this antique bench around for almost 20 years and still hasn't re-furbished it and we thought, what not a better time than now! With my need for a cute display and her wanting to add a custom piece to her upstairs hallway, this bench was the perfect fix for both of us!
So we went on the hunt for the perfect fabric and trim to coordinate with my pillows but more importantly her decor! With us being in a sort of time crunch we narrowed our choices down to this variegated, "vintage looking" fabric wit coordinating avocado piping.
Next, my mom sanded prepped and primed the bench while I worked on upholstering the new fabric, foam and batting to this custom made piece of wood we are using for the seat {you may have noticed in the first pic that the actual seat was missing}
Thank goodness for a warm sunny day! Between my mom and I we were able to get this DIY project done in a day and a half{including drying time}!! Oh how I love having someone working beside me, I get so much done a whole lot quicker than if I were doing it by myself! Oh, and my apologies for the iphone pics...I have much better ones when this bench makes its debut at the sale on May 5th, but until then....
Creatively Yours,
Cassandra Stearns
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