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Coffee Table to Upholstered Bench
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Mary
(IC: blogger)
This upholstered bench was a beat up, dinged up coffee table that was given to one of my daughters. A puppy had chewed up the bottom trim and it had scratches all over it. We looked at it and decided to see if we could make a bench. It did have some interesting metal legs after all.
We took out the drawers, unfastened the metal legs, and took the top and the bottom chewed up trim off. We weren't sure if the pieces would come apart easily since they were glued in addition to being screwed together. Then we dry fit the top to use as the future bottom, marking and drilling holes for assembly later. The chewed up trim was set aside since we would not be using it.
Then a piece of plywood was cut to the size of the top. Holes were drilled so when the cushion is compressed, sat on, the air could escape. Foam was spray glued to the plywood and then wrapped in batting. We upholstered the plywood seat and added piping around the bottom.
The drawer fronts, body and new bottom that was the top were painted with Graphite chalk paint, distressed, then clear wax and finally dark wax applied.
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Published May 14th, 2014 3:30 PM
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Pattie on May 18, 2014Absolutely gorgeous! I've often wondered if I could re-do something and will be directing my questions to you. Can't wait for your next project and thank you for sharing!
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