It's Halloween!
The best holiday every.
I've been waiting to share this little project until it was seasonally appropriate, so here we go. When we moved into our new house, I knew I wanted a long bench for our entryway and I knew I wanted to cover it with Pendleton wool. That was the dream.
We found this little number using the power of the internet and it was a good fit. However, the leg was very much broken and because of several past failed attempts to fix it by previous owners and because of wanting to make a weird bench, I decided that the whole leg needed to go.
I added a non-matching leg because that's how I do.
Behold! My Frankenbench!
Okay, so. I am very aware that it is actually a Frankenstein's monster bench, but come on. Frankenbench! Frankenbench! Frankenbench!
Anyway, I stuck it in our entryway for a while until I had time to paint and reupholster. I threw one of my favorite quilts on top because I just could not look at the actual seat upholstery.
This picture was taken because look how many staples the upholsterer before me used at this corner, but it is also a picture of how very leopard print the seat of this bench used to be. The excess of staples was the same elsewhere. I removed so many staples. And after I removed them, I found, that's right. Another row of staples that the person before me just covered over instead of removing. I removed so many GD staples that day. Also, I painted the frame.
So here's my finished Frankenbench!
Also, BOO! Happy Halloween.
The best holiday every.
I've been waiting to share this little project until it was seasonally appropriate, so here we go. When we moved into our new house, I knew I wanted a long bench for our entryway and I knew I wanted to cover it with Pendleton wool. That was the dream.
We found this little number using the power of the internet and it was a good fit. However, the leg was very much broken and because of several past failed attempts to fix it by previous owners and because of wanting to make a weird bench, I decided that the whole leg needed to go.
I added a non-matching leg because that's how I do.
Behold! My Frankenbench!
Okay, so. I am very aware that it is actually a Frankenstein's monster bench, but come on. Frankenbench! Frankenbench! Frankenbench!
Anyway, I stuck it in our entryway for a while until I had time to paint and reupholster. I threw one of my favorite quilts on top because I just could not look at the actual seat upholstery.
This picture was taken because look how many staples the upholsterer before me used at this corner, but it is also a picture of how very leopard print the seat of this bench used to be. The excess of staples was the same elsewhere. I removed so many staples. And after I removed them, I found, that's right. Another row of staples that the person before me just covered over instead of removing. I removed so many GD staples that day. Also, I painted the frame.
So here's my finished Frankenbench!
Also, BOO! Happy Halloween.
