Hard as it may be to believe, I did not invent the furniture redo. People have been doing this for quite some time and doing a great job at it. I just became obsessed recently. Check out Shelly of FliptStudio's upholstered bench made from an old coffee table.
She documents this bench re-do and others on her blog Flipt. She is also writing a column for Curbly called "Goodwill Hunting". Pretty clever, eh? She also did a nightstand re-do. Somehow she copied my idea before I even had it! She won runner-up in the Apartment Therapy January Jumpstart competition.
Thanks, Shelley, for sharing your cleverness and turning me on to Curbly. It is DIY heaven. The originator of the blog, Bruno Bornzstein, says " I wanted to create a place online where
people can celebrate all the hard work they put into their homes." The great thing is they cover projects large and small. I myself am oddly intrigued by the homemade Swiffer covers. Perhaps I have some scrap fabric somewhere to make some...
Carol,
Your a GENIUS, through and through! Love Lurrrve what you did with them and the choice of fabrics are so eye-catching!!!
June
Posted by: June Pogue | March 06, 2008 at 01:07 AM
Whooops, my bad!!!! Sorry for the mistake, must be my eyes blind at this time! My apologies *blush* to you and to FliptStudio...:)
Posted by: June Pogue | March 06, 2008 at 01:18 AM
Loved seeing this bench- just made some curtains in this same fabric that I found as a remnant! :)
Posted by: lillimoe | March 15, 2008 at 08:34 PM
if the desk was pink it would be perfect!
Posted by: Dining furniture | June 19, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Lovin the flower designs on these, especially the bench. It looks like it'd really brighten up a room. :)
Posted by: portable air beds | July 14, 2008 at 02:08 PM
This sounds amazing...a redone furniture to give a new look to it is awesome.I love the look too.
Posted by: ny custom furniture | August 18, 2009 at 02:58 AM