I got two of these chairs from the curb. I had wanted to make one of these type of benches for a long time. I made this last year when I first started repurposing items. I have learned a lot since then.
I learned things like how to add legs. If I were to make this today, the legs would be built into the box as opposed to sitting “inside” the box as seen above.
You can see in this picture that I have added the seat.
I painted it white, on my handy dandy drop cloth. It also was a curb find, sort of. It was given to my daughter from a movie set she worked on as an intern one summer during college. It was really big, so I cut it in half. I planned on using the other half for some kind of project, maybe a floor cloth?
Here is the finished project after I added some paint to bring out the details. It sat in my living room for over a year to hold some special stuffed animals. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with this bench now… I thought I might keep it for some g’babies, but I think I may try to sell it. I can always make another one! 🙂
gail
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This is simply amazing! Very unique, I like it!
I will definitely put this on my list of projects!
Wow…this bench is adorable! I LOVE it!
Chelsea
The bench is fantastic! Way to go!
Midge
I love this childs bench,, i’ve never done anything like this before,, whats the difference of the legs being built into the box and legs being inside the box?? Thanks for sharing!
Adorable!