This weekend while Derek was finishing up his Master’s thesis, I was feeling a little stir crazy. So what does one do when they are feeling like they have ants in their pants? Reupholster stuff. Obviously. Now this stool has gone from this to this, and now (yet again) it is receiving another facelift.
After de-sheepskin-ifying it a few weeks back, I kind of let it sit in it’s batting wrapped glory for far too long. I was debating on whether to use a kelly green velvet or some leftover dalmatian print from this project (and this one). So after asking Derek (who was in the middle of a nap.. seriously wife of the year over here) which fabric looked better and he murmured “the green one”, I knew that the dalmatian one was the way to go.
Don’t tell me I’m the only one that when I have to decide between two things and have no idea which to choose, I’ll ask someone who will pick one and then I’ll instantly realize I’ve always hated that item and secretly needed them to reinforce the item I’ve subconsciously wanted all along, I just hadn’t realized it yet. No? Just me?
I won’t go into a huge tutorial on how to upholster a simple stool like this, because it’s just a lot of wrapping and stapling (like this). And yes I did upholster this on top of a yoga mat to muffle the sound. See? I do care about napping husbands (for the most part).
I know you see that beautiful yellow cord on the ground, don’t you? Let me explain what that is all about. You see.. our office (the room next door which you can see here) has one electrical outlet, and guess what? It isn’t grounded. Meaning all of our fancy computers and other 3-prong plugged devices can’t be plugged in. So we have to use an extension cord from the back wall of our bedroom all the way around the office to a fancy power strip. Yay older homes! At least it’s yellow though. I do love a good pop of color ;)
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