DIY DIY Striped Upholstered Bench

November 10, 2017

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 simply $5!

Yesterday I shared a few changes I made to our master copy DIY 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 slow to do. Basically, I saved most $400 (the cost of the real bench) past times making it myself. Not likewise bad for an hr amongst a hammer together with a mucilage gun.

I started amongst a basic pianoforte bench that I originally constitute at a thrift store.

I purchased 2 yards of cloth (a remnant I was lucky plenty to discovery for a few bucks), 1 box of nailheads, together with and thus used what I had on hand: hotglue, mucilage gun, hammer, scissors, together with pillow stuffing.
You tin invest inward foam padding if you lot want, but I convey tons of extra accent pillow inserts together with simply used the stuffing from those every bit a inexpensive option to foam.

The starting fourth dimension affair you'll desire to practice is suit together with secure your cloth to your bench. Line upwards your cloth how you lot desire it together with and thus secure the cloth to ii of the bench legs. Use ii nailheads, 1 on each of the ii legs.

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

Once it's folded neatly, together with you lot tin clearly encounter how much cloth you lot need, cutting the fabric. Leave plenty to crimp most an inch of it under.

Next, crimp it nether together with larn inward fifty-fifty amongst the business office of the cloth that's already secured.

Next, secure the corner amongst ii to a greater extent than nailheads, 1 straight on the corner, together with 1 nigh the border of the leg.

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

You'll create amount inward your nailhead trim down later. For now, you'll simply desire to add together plenty to secure the cloth inward place. That way, if you lot mess up, you lot won't convey to pry upwards a 1 K m nails.
At this point, your bench should survive secured on three sides, amongst 1 side yet open.
TIME TO STUFF!
I used the stuffing from ii pillows for my bench cushion. You tin larn inward every bit fluffy/unfluffy every bit you lot want.

I similar to move pillow stuffing for my upholstery. (It's all from novel pillows though. Don't move sometime pillow stuffing. That's simply gross, together with a dust-mite nightmare.) It's actually slow to force it into all of the corners together with it makes the cushion actually comfy. You convey to piece of occupation it a niggling fleck to larn it even, but I'm upwards for the challenge if it way saving $50 on foam.

Once your bench is fully stuffed, trace the cloth tight together with start securing amongst nailheads. If you're using upholstery fabric, it should survive heavy plenty that when it's pulled tight, your stuffing looks pretty even. If it's lumpy, rework it or trace your cloth tighter. Complete the remaining ii corners simply similar you lot did amongst the other ones. Now create amount inward the residuum of your nailheads. You tin move every bit many nailheads every bit you'd like. I chose to infinite them most 1.5'' apart. To brand the cloth super secure together with finished looking, I also hotglued the cloth roughly all the edges.

It's non perfect, together with every bit amongst every DIY project, it requires a niggling case together with error. However, for $5 together with an hour's time, I scream back it looks bully inward our bedroom!

Thanks thus much for stopping past times today! If you lot desire to encounter where this niggling bench ended upwards eventually (in 1 of my favorite areas of the house!) larn here.