This bench was made out of a baby bed.
Please pardon the mess in the background. My friend Cathy and I made this bench last year in her garage in the dead of winter. Although her garage looks like a total wreck, mine currently wins the prize of messiest garage!
This was one of our first benches. In the beginning it took us several days to build a bench, now it takes us just a few hours. The construction on this is pretty simple. If we were to build this bench today we would build the legs into the box, instead of placing them inside the box.
We used some planks of wood for the seat that we found at the curb. You can see where we used wood putty to fill the holes in the crib end and some dings on the seat.
This is a side view. I don't have a picture of the back, but we attached the back of the box all the way across the crib end.
I was thinking this was an "oops" color, but actually this may have been some paint that Cathy had used in her house. If you look in the background (left) you can see another bench. 🙂
I just threw this picture in for fun! How many benches can you find?
gail
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Gail Wilson is the author and mastermind behind My Repurposed Life. She is obsessed with finding potential in unexpected places and believes that with a little hard work and imagination, any old thing can be made useful again, including herself!
Gail reinvented herself during a midlife crisis and has found purpose again. She hopes you will find new ideas for old things and pick up a few tools along the way.
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wow, awesome blog article.Much thanks again. Really Great.
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Mandi Shandi
You are one talented lady! I just stopped by to thank you for visiting my blog, and got to looking at some of your posts. I need to get better with my powertools so I can do a corner bench like you did. Seriously, you are so talented. Thanks for sharing!
BellaColle'
That is such a cute bench!! It turned out wonderful!!
XO
~Christine
Katherine @ Grass Stains
I will soon have a crib to "recycle," and this might be just the ticket! Great idea. Thanks for sharing!
Ana
Evertime I visit I get inspired. You do wonderful work. Great job. I am totally jealous...I wish that I wasn't so scared of power tools. 😀 Thanks for sharing. Have a great day.
Smiles,
♥Ana
Proper Prim
Thanks for stopping by...I have a load to paint this weekend... I hate when my real job cuts into my creative time...
I envy you making those benches... that is on my next thing to learn how to do list... after I finish all the things I already learned how to do... the list is long it may take awhile...
Great job on those... can't wait to see the new ones you are working on...
Have a great day... hugs... Deb
Jody
Great job on those benches! They turned out wonderful!
Anne~fiona and twig
That doesn't look like an oops color at all, I love it!
I'm working on my booth as usual, but I'm getting ready to dive in to making mixed media art, particularly shadowboxes. Wish me luck!
Anne
Anne~fiona and twig
That doesn't look like an oops color at all, I love it!
I'm working on my booth as usual, but I'm getting ready to dive in to making mixed media art, particularly shadowboxes. Wish me luck!
Anne
Pam
Another great job, esp. for the first one. Me...working on my regular day job work! Nothing fun and crafty.
Pam