before & after

This was my fun little project while the kids were away this week. I bought this antique telephone bench off Craigslist last fall for $30. The sweet lady I bought it from was so happy to tell me about how she painstakingly stripped, refinished and reupholstered it. She mentioned that it was painted white when she got it and when I pulled her layer of upholstery off on Monday, I found the cute fabric that was on it when she bought it. It really must have been darling before she went to the trouble of refinishing it. I thought about keeping the fabric I found under the top layer, but it had a funky seam running across the seat, so I stuck to my original plan.

Here's the before shot:

I'd been dying to get paint back on it. I'm nondiscriminatory when it comes to painted furniture. I'll paint wood if I think it will enhance the piece and, even though my after shot isn't the best, I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. I used some leftover red paint from Sam's bookshelf and one of Kris' old work shirts for the seat so this redo technically cost me $0!

Here's the after shot:
I'm loving walking in the front door to see this. It makes me happy :)

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