Twin Bed Becomes a Bench

I have had a bench in my garage for months. But before that , Ryan and Emily had it for a year or so. When they moved to their house, they didn't have room for it and asked if I wanted it . Hmmm..... dumb question. I never turn anything down and especially not something Ryan made.
I mentioned before they are quite the DIYers. This bench started out as a maple twin bed.

Hard to believe isn't it?

The back is the headboard and the sides are the foot board cut in half.

He added a board for a seat . WaaLaa!

I had it for a while before I painted it black. I thought it would be perfect in the mud room, and it is .

 I always wanted to make an upholstered seat for it , but what fabric to use ? Hmm...

Then on my first visit to the flip house, I found these

A pile of vintage drapes in what I will call Lemon & Lime.

Bad picture - Sorry - I really need to work on that !

Anyway... they were perfect !

Hubby doesn't even act surprised  anymore when I get excited about things like this . He just picked them up ( cause I wouldn't touch them ) and brought them home.

The fabric was in excellent shape which is a miracle in itself considering they were in a pile in a disgusting room surrounded by more disgusting stuff! Just needed a good laundering.

Here is my finished project. I am SO in love with it !

Isn't she pretty ?

Close up .

Other side. Bad lighting and photography :(

A little Halloween Bling!

I'm just so happy I finally got this project crossed off my list. I am so happy with how she turned out , I don't know why I didn't get it done sooner !

Oh yea, it's called PROCRASTINATION !

I got a few more projects started too , can't wait to show you those soon!

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