DIY Bench Makeover

My poor ole bench has gone from

drab to FAB!

Yes, I’m finally going to post about something I did for the office!

I survived yesterday after I found out that all of my pics for this

fantabulous bench did a disappearing magic trick on me….

You can read more on that here.

I needed a break! So, I went to one of the biggest malls around

 my little podunk town, about and hour away, 

where they have an Apple Store.

I dunked my iphone about a month or so ago

 and it actually worked fine except for the sound.

It was sporadic at best and I couldn’t play music through the speakers.

I thought, I’ll just have them check it out and see what can be done.

Well, surprisingly no water damage was detected.

They gave me a new phone! Can you say AWESOME!!

Well, that made my day!

No more Miss grumpy pants here!

Only wish I had done it earlier!

So now on to the reveal…..

Here we have a “orangey wood” bench dejected and doomed to the basement. 

But now in the garage for it's makeover.

An idea popped in my head earlier, that maybe with a little paint and love

and you can join the family upstairs….

The makeover begins…

A little sanding…

A coat of primer….

And Wah Lah!!

After a BAJILLION coats of white paint!

We have a beauty!

I must give my fabulous daughter credit here. 

Bless her heart,

she did most of the bajillion coats of white paint. 

She is a treasure! Thank you, Baby girl!

Bench finished, but not finished.

 It needs more to be complete.

If you remember awhile back,
way back...in my Spring is in the Air post

I was considering some fabrics for curtains in the office.

Well, that never happened. 
Still thinking that one through.

But that blue fabric.... 
I loved it and everyone else that commented, loved it too!

I went in to JoAnn’s and there it was….
I can't believe was still there!!!

It was love at first sight!

Snagged 2 yards and it was on sale. 

Also purchased the foam cushion with my 50% coupon.

Score!

And made that little lovely thing in about 2 hours.

I had tons of pics for that easy peasy tutorial,

but we aren’t going to talk about that anymore.

Basically,

wrapped the fabric around the foam, made a seam here and there.

Sewed nice little envelope corners.

Added Velcro.

A side note….

It’s just stick-on Velcro and I know that white would have been a better choice,

but it’s on the bottom so no one is going to see it

and it was a steal I had gotten

at Wally World awhile back for $3 buckeroos.

It's so pretty!!

Ok, I know you are waiting for the final reveal…

Bam!

Are you in love too?

I just look at it and sigh….

Ok....let's do a before and after...

Before:

After:

Next will be pillows

and I can start work on the wall above it.

Gallery wall… Yes!

Blessings!