An overdue project

We finally finished a project, and then I forgot to post about it! Oh well, here we go. :)

   After seeing the lovely storage ottoman Shawn made for our apartment, my mom thought she would like one in her house too. So we decided to make her one as a Christmas present...the Christmas before last? And we finally finished it this June :)

   You see, Shawn gets lots of fun ideas for projects, so there's usually a few going on at once. And he likes trying new ideas out, which sometimes take a little longer to finish. But that's all part of of learning and growing in a skill, right? Practice, practice, practice!

Instead of having the whole thing upholstered like ours, Shawn wanted to try making a panel design with oak trim, accented with narrower walnut trim.

Do you think he has enough clamps? :P 

 (he doesn't think so)

As he finished up the base with some coats of poly, I upholstered the lid.

 We were able to surprise my mom when we brought it along on a weekend trip. She hadn't seen any pictures of it in progress, but she loved how it turned out!

Springing back into projects

     

        Hurray! The weather is getting warm at last, and what does this mean? Back to the garage to get our projects going again. While some of the big ones are still in the works, we were able to wrap up a smaller one and bring it back to my mom on our last trip up to see my family.

    Mom had found this cute little chair for about $5 dollars, and it decided it needed to come home with her. She wasn't sure where it would go, but hey, she always needs extra seats for bible study and company, right?

 

So, it sat in the guest bedroom/office of our apartment for a bit while I found time to take it apart.

Mom fount this pretty watercolor style fabric at Hobby lobby.

When you have a small space you have to make the most of it. :)

I helped Shawn finish up sanding the arms and legs, they got a coat of golden pecan stain and some poly, and everything was ready to bring back to my mom!

She really liked it, and so did Ivy. :P

In taking apart the chair, I found this tag, so I sewed it onto the pillow I made for the back rest. It kind of looks like a postage stamp on a letter.

One project down, who knows how many to come. :)