- too big,
- too expensive or
- both of the the above
It arrived and sat looking sad in my conservatory until this week when I finally had time to tackle it.
First off all I removed the green cover and found another pink one underneath, so that came off too.
The padding/wadding seemed in good condition do I left that on and sanded the nasty brown varnish off the legs. At this point it hailed so progress halted!
Today I removed the legs and waxed them, found some fabric in my ever increasing stash and armed with a staple gun set about re-covering it.
I didn't really know what I was doing but I'm pretty pleased with those corners! Then I put the legs back on and voila! I think it looks good alongside the free chair I obtained 18months ago.
I did some digging in the veg garden today and was supervised by this little chap and his mate; I don't know where they're nesting but they were certainly busy collecting grubs.
On my way inside I noticed the euphorbia fireglow has emerged - such vivid colours.
I also picked some hyacinth blooms on my way back up the garden and they're now filling the house with a heady scent.
Now if you'll excuse me I'll just put my feet up for a few minutes :-)
10 comments:
Your footstool is fabulous, what a great job you've done with it, especially those corners.
Very impressed by your handiwork, especially those difficult corners. Both chair & footstool look great. Well done!
Lovely post! I have a small footstool made around 70 yrs ago by an uncle - you have inspired me to bring this up to date! Thanks for the photo of your garden helper, I do miss the robins here in NZ, but I have many native birds visit and blackbirds and two blackbirds and two song thrush visit me twice daily for food! Love them.
You did a great job with that footstool, it looks wonderful and very appropriate for tired feet.
Lovely post, a bit of everything.
I recently got rid of a footstool like this and after seeing what you've done, wish I hadn't
Have a good weekend
Briony
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I am very impressed, those corners are brilliant!
Ooh, nicely done ... I need to take a long look at how you did that, I have a footstool that needs covering here too.
Great work on the stool, it looks lovely! Very satisfying to bring an item back to life.
Great transformation on the stool. I''m watching a little Robin pick over the patch I was digging yesterday, as I type!
I still regret chucking my one out, which I bought for £2 at a boot fair and recovered.
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