Tufted Headboard

 As a general rule Gretchen and I try to trade off on projects. I've horded all of project time lately so I was beyond excited to work on something for her! Her project of choice you ask? A tufted headboard. Totally new territory for both of us but gosh we were excited! Here is a quick and dirty break down of what we did. (If you want a better tutorial there are TONS on Pinterest.)

 We started with a board at the appropriate dimensions for her bed and then we added a 2x4 frame cutting the top corners at a 45 degree angle. We clamped them on and attached them to the headboard with screws.

 Then we laid the memory foam mattress inside the frame. (I found the mattress on the curb and it had a few stains on it so we sprinkles baking soda on top of it to soak up the yucky and then we vacuumed it off.)

Using the hole in the mattress we marked where our tufts would be with a marker.

 Then we drilled through the wood at each mark. This was SUCH a game changer! No measuring, or counting we just followed the dots!

 We put the foam back in and started stringing on some buttons, starting at the center and working our way out and around. This was totally a two man job. Gretchen was on top threading the needle down to me I would pull it tight to her liking and staple the strings to the back. 

 Once we had all of the tufts, she wanted a metal bead trim and oh my gosh was it sexy!!! And SUUUUUPER simple to attach!

And the final product. Thee was a learning curve and we would have done a few things differently. We need to cut the legs down by 6" but for a first attempt I think it turned out great!!! So much fun and we got it done start to finish in one day with four kiddos! That right there deserves a high five! Now to build some Christmas presents.

Rocking Redo

A while back I mentioned that E and I found a little rocker at a yard sale for $5. It was ugly but it had a lot of hidden potential.

 

 So one afternoon we decided to rip it apart!!

This little guy took way longer than I thought it would but it was so worth it! I still need to paint the arms, but that can wait for another day. 

The back was a beast, but we finally figured it out. Trial and error but it is fun to learn. 

It is 100% kid approved!

The only hard part is sharing!!

Wing Back Chair Make Over

I have tackled reupholstering. The idea never even crossed my mind until we were curbside shopping and Gretchen was saying how fun it was. The chair was free so what did I have to lose? Plus it was like crafting and sewing all put together. Then one afternoon Gretchen came over and we started ripping out staples... that was it I was committed.

So while my Mom was here that was our project. (Well one of them anyways.) We ripped out staples for hours. 

Mom even stabbed herself with a screw driver... she is one dedicated lady!

after around 6 hours of staple ripping, the chair was bare! 

We bought aprox 8 1/2 yard of fabric and I began to race out the pieces we had ripped off of the chair, pinning labels to them as I went so I knew which would match up with which. I used the same piping from the chair as well. It was really straight forward.

Then it was time to put it all together! Gretchen brought her staple gun and we went to town.

I replaced the batting on the seat and added another layer to the arms and to the back. I got the batting for free form a sister in the ward. 

It's starting to come together

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 And she's done! I can't begin to tell you how much I love it. It's not perfect which drives me insane but for my first time, I am pretty happy with the turn out!

In total I think it took roughly 20 hours +/- which isn't bad in my opinion and came to a total of $60 for supplies. I didn't find it very difficult, if you can sew, you can do this! Everyone seems to like it and Jakob now thinks that it is his chair. Now to recover E's little rocker and start on my chaise. Well, maybe we will wait until after Christmas to do the chaise.