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Where Do I Put This?

Yesterday, me & my staple gun finished the ottoman above. Today, I still can’t figure out where to put it. The thing about Benches & Ottomans that is that they’re some of the hardest working furniture pieces in your house. They’re the utility players of Team Chez Vous. They’re versatile enough to be perched just about anywhere, be functional, and to look great doing it. For instance, you could put em…

AT THE FOOT OF THE BED:

Carrie Bradshaw’s Bedroom

Kate Walsh’s bedroom featured in InStyle via Coco Kelley

Elle Decor via TEOT

House Beautiful via Coco +Kelley

Source unknown – shame, shame shame

Country Living via TEOT

Amanda Peet’s Bedroom via Domino

via Little Green Notebook


AS BENCH SEATING FOR THE DINING AREA…

Sherry & John of YHL‘s Old Dining Room

It’s the room with 9 lives, geeeeeez. But for good reason – look at the ottomans!

Another forever fave / near daily from House Beautiful

AS A COFFEE TABLE…

via isuwannee

via Domino – GDC Home in Charleston sells a similar one – wassup, Fifi!

Kara Paslay Designs

Young House Love House Crashing Files

Designer Summer Thornton’s Lincoln Park Living Room

AS A HALLWAY BENCH…

Adrian Grenier’s Foyer. That bench is yummy, and so is he. I mean, photo via Domino.

via Green Bicycle Design

…OR IF IT’S A LITTLE GUY, TUCK ‘ER UNDER THE VANITY…

via Elle Decor

(…doh!)

xoxo,

*ps: If you live near Charleston, SC and love the plum suzani fabric, they sell it at GDC Home – locations in Mt. P, Charleston and Summerville. Hollar.

Upholstered Bench Re-Do: VOILA!

Purchased:  June 2010

WhereEdgewater Antique Mall, Chicago

Price:  $60

Size:  16″ x 48″

Condition:  Wuf.  Covered with white vinyl that belongs on a table cloth in a camp ground.  But frame and cushion are in good condition.

Photo Quality:  Wretched.  Reason #958 why I need an iPhone.

Thoughts:  Good bones, great size and decent price.  But considering that similar looking benches go for GOBS more ($300+) at Restoration Hardware & such, and considering it would take very little effort to make it look stellar, I went for it.

Restoration Hardware LOUIS Bench

Remember the new suzani fabric I scooped up last week?

I went to town on that bad boy with my staple gun last night – look!

Ooooooooooooooh!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh.

Goody gumdrops.  $74.99 total for that pretty little thing?  (Bench: $60 + Fabric: $14.99) = Not awful.  I meant for my sparkly new suzani bench to sit at the foot of my bed, but with pieces like this, the possibilities are endless.  Stay tuned tomorrow for oh! the many places they can go!!  Because frankly, I’d go on, but I need to get on a treadmill stat.  There is still much casserole + Moonshine Christmas Drink to burn off.  Plus I’m trying to bait you to come back tomorrow.

PS: Ya like those tumbleweeds of Gus hair in the corner?  I vacuumed yesterday morning.  The kid’s got some fur.

PSS: Young House Love has great instructions for a project like this.  I’ll defer to Sherry + John…

xoxo,