And for my next trick...
My Dad has been bugging me about not having a place to sit and put his shoes back on at our house so I set out to find something to fit the bill. First I looked at ottomans at Home Goods. They were too short. They I looked at bar stools. They were too tall. I do not have room for a chair so I had to go to plan B.
I found a sturdy sewing bench at a thrift store for $5 several weeks ago. Although it had good bones it was terribly ugly. As you can see.
The fact that it has a lid with a little storage space gave me the idea to use it as a charging station for all the technology that we need to make it through the day.
So with a little elbow grease and a couple of yards of fabric from the clearance table, voila, we now have a place for Dad to sit to put his shoes on and a place to hide all our gadgets. It is not my best work, the hardware made it a little tricky. A family heirloom it is not, but overall I think it came out well enough to be attractive and very utilitarian. What do you think Dad?
I found a sturdy sewing bench at a thrift store for $5 several weeks ago. Although it had good bones it was terribly ugly. As you can see.
The fact that it has a lid with a little storage space gave me the idea to use it as a charging station for all the technology that we need to make it through the day.
So with a little elbow grease and a couple of yards of fabric from the clearance table, voila, we now have a place for Dad to sit to put his shoes on and a place to hide all our gadgets. It is not my best work, the hardware made it a little tricky. A family heirloom it is not, but overall I think it came out well enough to be attractive and very utilitarian. What do you think Dad?
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