ovaledasorquideas: Diy Striped Upholstered Bench

Yesterday I shared a few changes I made to our master bedroom. One of those changes was the pianoforte bench that I made into an upholstered stool. And the best business office is that I made it for merely $5!

Yesterday I shared a few changes I made to our master copy DIY Striped Upholstered Bench

I was originally inspired past times the $400 Ballard Designs Simone Bench. It's totally awesome...and totally out of my cost range.

So, I decided to brand my ain instead.

The entire projection took less than an hour, together with was super tardily to do. Basically, I saved almost $400 (the cost of the real bench) past times making it myself. Not likewise bad for an lx minutes alongside a hammer together with a gum gun.

I started alongside a basic pianoforte bench that I originally establish at a thrift store.

I purchased 2 yards of cloth (a remnant I was lucky plenty to abide by for a few bucks), 1 box of nailheads, together with thus used what I had on hand: hotglue, gum gun, hammer, scissors, together with pillow stuffing.
You tin invest inwards foam padding if y'all want, but I accept tons of extra accent pillow inserts together with merely used the stuffing from those equally a inexpensive option to foam.

The showtime affair you'll desire to practise is adjust together with secure your cloth to your bench. Line upwardly your cloth how y'all desire it together with thus secure the cloth to ii of the bench legs. Use ii nailheads, i on each of the ii legs.

Once the cloth is secured, run on making the corners for both legs on this side. To brand a neat corner, hotglue the cloth onto the leg together with crease over the overstep part.

Once it's folded neatly, together with y'all tin clearly run across how much cloth y'all need, cutting the fabric. Leave plenty to crease almost an inch of it under.

Next, crease it nether together with arrive fifty-fifty alongside the business office of the cloth that's already secured.

Next, secure the corner alongside ii to a greater extent than nailheads, i straight on the corner, together with i close the border of the leg.

Next, add together some nailheads to exclusively ONE of the long sides, together with both ends.

You'll fill upwardly inwards your nailhead trim back later. For now, you'll merely desire to add together plenty to secure the cloth inwards place. That way, if y'all mess up, y'all won't accept to pry upwardly a i K 1000 nails.
At this point, your bench should last secured on iii sides, alongside i side yet open.
TIME TO STUFF!
I used the stuffing from ii pillows for my bench cushion. You tin arrive equally fluffy/unfluffy equally y'all want.

I similar to role pillow stuffing for my upholstery. (It's all from novel pillows though. Don't role quondam pillow stuffing. That's merely gross, together with a dust-mite nightmare.) It's actually tardily to force it into all of the corners together with it makes the cushion actually comfy. You accept to run it a petty fighting to teach it even, but I'm upwardly for the challenge if it way saving $50 on foam.

Once your bench is fully stuffed, describe the cloth tight together with start securing alongside nailheads. If you're using upholstery fabric, it should last heavy plenty that when it's pulled tight, your stuffing looks pretty even. If it's lumpy, rework it or describe your cloth tighter. Complete the remaining ii corners merely similar y'all did alongside the other ones. Now fill upwardly inwards the residual of your nailheads. You tin role equally many nailheads equally you'd like. I chose to infinite them almost 1.5'' apart. To brand the cloth super secure together with finished looking, I also hotglued the cloth unopen to all the edges.

It's non perfect, together with equally alongside every DIY project, it requires a petty lawsuit together with error. However, for $5 together with an hour's time, I recollect it looks dandy inwards our bedroom!

Thanks thus much for stopping past times today! If y'all desire to run across where this petty bench ended upwardly eventually (in i of my favorite areas of the house!) teach here.