Easy upholstering of ottoman

The ottoman measures about 65x45x45cm.

 Today I'd like to show you an easy way to freshen up a boring and plain piece of furniture. Unfortunately I seem to have misplaced the "before" photo, but I can just let you know that the cover of it was a beige muslin cloth type of fabric.

I started by removing the old piece of fabric which was actually removable for washing. After doing that I had this foam kind of situation going on. I decided that it was too thin to leave as is because we use the ottoman as an extra seat sometimes and no one really wants to sit on it. Instead I decided to add two thin layers of batting which really added that extra butt-comfort :) 

I think the batting was a leftover piece from a quilt project so it's organic cotton. I cut it so it fitted around the lid and attached it with a staplegun.

As I went around with the staplegun I made sure the batting fitted snugly pulling it as I went along. I started attaching a few staples on the longer side, then on the opposite side, pulling the fabric tightly. Then a few staples on one of the shorter sides and finally the last side. 

After the batting it was time for the fabric. I had sewn around the edges with a zigzag stitch to stop it from fraying and then prewashed it. I attached the fabric the same way I did the batting, starting on one of the longer sides with a few staples and so on.

When I saw that everything looked good I went around the lid with the steplegun adding more staples. In the end I had a staple every 1-2 cm (1/2-1"). This seemed to hold the fabric in place. 

This ottoman has now been used for at least a year or two and holds up very well. The fabric has not sagged and it's not as uncomfortable to sit on anymore as it was before. 

I'm very pleased with the finished look and the way I placed the pattern of the fabric. 

What do you think and have you any furniture that would need some sprucing up like this?

 Comment down below and let me know.

Until next time: Keep crafting!

Winner with both tutorials!

Just a quick note to tell you I was one of the winners in both the wedding- and the catsection at instructables.
Thanks to everyone who voted for me.

 This weddingbelt/hairband. Won second prize out of 236 entries 

This cat/dogbed as a runner up.

Both items are for sale.

Stay tuned for more inspiration, tutorials and remakes. 

 :)

Stylish petbed from an old drawer TUTORIAL

Front says "snug as a bug"

How much don't you love your pet - or would if you had one? Wouldn't you want it to have a bed that is front and center in your bedroom instead of being hidden somewhere in the corner?

By making your own petbed you can style it any way you want and with so many free images out there the sky is the limit.

I made this one from an old drawer by using Annie Sloan's chalk paint and printed images. 

The color is custom made by me using mostly white, then blue, gray and yellow.

I applied the images using a transfer-on technique and by using free images from 

the graphics fairy

Back of the "bed"

You can find more pictures and the whole tutorial on my instructables page

HERE

If you like it, please consider voting for me in the 

"cat contest" 

or 

"dog contest"  

 or both ;)
You vote by clicking the orange "vote" button in the top right corner of my instructables page
HERE

Click it and you will have a choice of casting your vote for the two contests.

Winner will be announced july 4:th 2016.

 Thanks!

New project on the way and a guest designer spot next week

Let me show you my next project in waiting. It's this horribly ugly nightstand that I'm "dyeing" to get some paint on. It has a wonderful shape though and I think it will look great when it's transformed.

I've purchased Annie Sloan's chalk paints (white and basic colors) and will mix my own hues. I want the nightstand to be some kind of shabby white, but I don't know what color to use underneath. Which color would you like to see? I'm thinking about a pale grey or lilac, but maybe you would like to see babypink or some kind of green? Leave a comment and we'll see what this will turn out like.

It will be up for sale (Skåne area) so if you love the shape of it and are thinking about any specific shade, let me know. It doesn't matter to me what color I play with and don't worry - you're not obligated to buy it if you don't like the endresult. 

It measures about 38x37x56

Then I have some other news to share with you. Remember this?

I have made a project with it. I ended up not using the Annie Sloan paints, but some fabulous papers from Graphic45 instead.

The absolute best part is that it will be shown as my guest designer project on the

Mixed media warriors challenge blog 

I think I will be able to post it on this wednesday so make sure to check back by then. Here's a sneak peak:

Wishing you a fantastic weekend.