My cute friend was about to take this ottoman to the Goodwill.


Before taking it she so lovingly thought to ask me if I wanted it.

HECK YES I do!!!!!!  We all know how much I love a good project with a whole lot of potential.


I mean, so what if it has sunken down sides??  I could see what this ottoman could be with a little love!















Isn't the fabric amazing?  Sadly I had to find new fabric so that we could properly dissect the ottoman and use the frame.

This is my motto.  "If it's broke don't worry about breaking it more."
















So that is exactly what my hubby and I did.  Once I flipped it over and dissected it a little I discovered that it was supported with very flimsy plywood.  What the heck were the builders thinking??  No offence builders, but really?!


So we ripped off all the beautiful fabric, but saved the white batting.  This took patience and mad skill.  There were literally a billion staples.  ok... almost a billion.



Below you can see the middle is the old ottoman and the top is a perfectly new solid piece of wood.



Beautiful!  Then I wrapped and stapled the white batting all around the ottoman to make it more ottoman-like and less box-like.

(Sorry no pic of this)

Below, you can see how I fit the fabric to the ottoman.  I got my new fabric and fit it all around the ottoman right side facing in at first.  I basically made a little slip cover by pinning then sewing.  Once it was all sewn together, I put in right side out, and it fit like a glove.  I then stapled the fabric on the bottom of the ottoman to keep it in place.








Thank the heavens for husbands and their big muscles!

From these projects I have discovered that being fearless helps.  Tear things apart to make them amazing!  It works!  Plus it is super fun to destroy something, and then make it like new!

With all the fun my hubby and I had, we are thinking we should start an ottoman building business in our garage.  HA


-Megan