Yorkie's Primitives: My Storage Bench

Saturday, January 29, 2011

My Storage Bench

I have wanted a storage bench for my living room for years. And then last summer, someone left one at the daycare for whoever wanted it. Well I jumped on it. Yeah!! It needed a bottom and back and of course I had to do a makeover on it to match my living room. So I sanded it, painted it brown, sanded it and painted it blue. Then I sanded it again and put a coat of matte finish on it to protect it.

Very soon I am going to make a cushion to go on the seat but I just had to show you what it looks like now. I'm not sure whether to put buttons on each fake drawer on the front or not. What do you think?

Before

After

8 comments:

Ladybug said...: Great piece, love what you did
with it...nice soft color TFS !!
Warm Blesings; January 29, 2011 at 8:12 PM
yorkie's primitives said...: Thanks Trish, Valerie; January 29, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Firecracker Kid said...: Oooh, that's a nice one indeed and I like what you did with it. Good for you Valerie:)
Carol; January 30, 2011 at 1:58 AM
Alice said...: You did a great job. It's a treasure.; January 30, 2011 at 4:34 AM
michelle said...: Looks wonderful!great to stash craft supplies.have a great day.blessings michelle; January 30, 2011 at 5:27 AM
Sugar Mountain Mercantile said...: Wonderfully creative! What a great way to repurpose AND find storage/seating space :)
~Debbie; January 30, 2011 at 6:10 AM
yorkie's primitives said...: Thanks everyone, Valerie; January 30, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Angie Berry ~ Berry Homespun Primitives said...: I love it! You did a great job on the makeover. The blue is a beautiful color. It's hard to picture it with buttons on the drawers. I would put some scotch tape on the buttons and lightly press them on to see what it looks like. Then if you like it, you can glue them on.; February 2, 2011 at 10:10 PM

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First, I would like to say that I am computer illiterate and without the help of a few good friends, I would not have been able to have this blog.
I would like to thank Sage of Sagewood Farms for the many hours she spent teaching me how to open a blog.
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