Sage green shabby bench- Sold!

I love this bench! I made it for my neighbor but I wish I could keep it! I love the dainty and lovely legs. Here's how it started:

 

Well I didn't get the picture of when it was just a headboard, but here it is with its basic construction. I had plans to do a tule skirt around it.  Then I decided to wrap the tule under the boards around the bench until I realized it looked like this:

 A diaper.

So I had to come up with a new design.

 

So I decided to try a cute ruffled design with a nice heavy woven fabric.

I gathered it with a needle and thread and hot glued it on, and double layered it.

Put a thin foam pad on it and stapled the crap out of it to hold it down.

 

I braided the ripped fabric to make a charming trim. 

I sanded it to give it the distressed look and was happy with the two- toned green color that happened where I sanded.  I used some little knobs in my wood collection that looked perfect on each post.  And when it was all done I just fell in love with it!

So by making mistakes I discover new and exciting ways of creating and Re-making!  So cute.

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