You know how sometimes you look at a piece of furniture
and instantly imagine what it could look like with a little paint or new fabric?
In your mind you see it wearing the perfect color paint.
with the perfect fabric to compliment it.
This super long bench was something that I didn't intend to buy
when I went to look at a little dainty china cabinet.
But the guy selling had a whole shed filled with gorgeous stuff that I thought I needed to rescue.
I walked past the bench stacked on top of another bench and was intrigued by the frame.
It was wearing an 80's peach fabric~ with no button tufts~ so it was quite plain
but at the time but I really loved the size and the carved details and thought it had potential.
I asked how much- he said $35.
I said load it up.
:)
I thought I might paint the frame at some point but haven't done it.
This bench is probably from around the 1960's and it has a dark old brassy bronze type
finish to the wood
I actually kind of liked it and so left it as it was but I did reupholster.
A few times actually.
It has worn ticking stripe fabric.
Soft green damask
and even a subtle gold stripe fabric.
Each one fit the room it was in at the time... but that big old bench just
never felt just right and complete.
I knew what it needed.
It needed lots of button tufting and a velvety fabric.
Button tufting...
yeah, not the easiest thing to do...
especially when you want more than just a couple of them.
So I avoided tackling the job...
until recently.
I already had the perfect apple green velvet which I was dreaming about it being covered in
and so I bought a bunch of make your own fabric covered buttons and got started.
A few hours later...
ahem...
okay maybe more like half a day
& with half of that time begging Cullan to help me pull the threads
tight enough to have nice deep tufts...
it was finished.
I adore how it came out.
It's perfect in apple green velvety goodness and with 17 gorgeous button tufts-
even better.
There's a story to all that tufting and how it all got done
I'll share a little bit on how we did it in another post later this week.
(Oh and yes. My Christmas tree is up yet~ a week into the New Year. Don't judge. ;) )
Happy Sunday everyone.