Ticking Stripe Ottoman Redo

On Friday I gave you a sneak peak 

of a small project that I was working on.  

I had this little project in mind for a while 

but never got the chance to complete it. 

Here's how it started out.  

I found it at an Estate Sale for $8.00.  

I thought that it had really great bones 

but kinda Brady Bunch fabric.  

I left it the way it was for winter 

and had it stashed in the basement.  

I walked by it a million times 

and finally said to myself 

"I am going to get this project done THIS weekend!". 

Isn't the little flower so precious?  

You can barely make it out with all that dark wood. 

I deconstructed it 

and pulled all of the staples out of it.  

I like it better already. 

It was covered with a layer of muslin on the inside.

And a layer of old fashioned batting 

was underneath the fabric.

I painted it in ASCP Old White 

and used a little dark wax 

and a coat of clear wax.  

I lightly distressed it with sand paper. 

 A new layer of batting covers the muslin. 

I stapled the ticking fabric onto the ottoman 

and then cut it as close to the edge as possible.  

The fabric came from my same stash 

 of fabric that I made all of the Colorado pillows from.  

Remember that great Estate Sale 

that the seamstress lady had?  

So much gorgeous fabric!  

I thought a lot about what type of edge treatment 

to use to cover up the staples.  

I went to the fabric store 

and looked up and down the aisles...  

I wanted to contrast the feminine details 

of the curvy legs with something a little more rustic.  

I remembered that I purchased some cording 

to use for pillows 

and thought that was just what 

I needed for contrast.

 I think it works perfectly!  

I'm so glad that I got this done!  

It is such a little cutie now!  

 I'm not sure where it will end up yet... 

But I will find the perfect spot for it.

It went from Brady Bunch to Beautiful!  

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves,

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