A few months ago I bought this bench on Kijiji:
It ended up not being quite what I thought it was, but sort of cool anyway. I decided to repaint it and recover it using some awesome fabric I found at Tonic Living. I had planned to use it at the end of our bed, but it just doesn't look quite right there. I do like the way it turned out though:
The colours are fantastic and so pretty together.
I have been wanting to try a tree stump idea I read about at The Art of Doing Stuff so I sourced a few stumps from my obliging (if confused) Father-in-law.
He brought me a selection and offered about 1000 more if these didn't work. Fortunately, they will need a few months to dry out so I don't have to worry about getting to work on them just yet.
Today I went to pick up a great bench I found on Kijiji that I felt might look a little better that the one above. It will need some work to make it look the way I want it to, but it has some great potential:
It is larger, but needs some new upholstery and paint. Just my style...
The seller of this bench was very trusting and simply left it on her porch for me to look at and leave the money at the door if I decided to take it. I took it with me but missed some of the money in my purse (very embarrassing!). This afternoon I went back to complete the transaction and came across a garage sale on my way. Serendipity! I bought this little charmer:
It is so adorable ~ just a wee little ladder! I am not sure what will happen to it yet, but I love it already.
I am on the edge of becoming a candidate for Hoarders.
