So check out where these guys started:
And what we got to fix them up:
First of all, they started in our garage, so they were clearly nice and dusty. We wiped them down and painted the wood on both to match the changing table Dave's work friend so nicely handed down to us. The paint was awesome, and only took one coat. However if you'll check out all the nice slats and poles and other small areas to paint on the glider, I had to touch up several times. I hated every second of painting that, I won't lie, but I do LOVE how it looked when it was done.
After the paint had dried on both for about 24 hours, we used a spray lacquer to cover both of them to protect the paint and add some shine. This is not the same stuff we'll use to finish the crib, but that's a whole other story.
Once they were dried and set, we moved them up to the baby's room to work on recovering them. I decided to tackle the ottoman first, since I could do that without monopolizing my mom's sewing machine.
I had purchased some batting at JoAnne's to fill in where the ottoman was sagging a bit in the middle. I folded about 3 layers over and placed them on top. Looks great, I know.
Then after playing around with different options for covering this for a good half an hour, I had Dave come in for a consultation. Clearly his engineer brain had a better idea than mine in like 4 minutes. I won't even bore you with the options I tried out, but we ended up cutting a big piece of batting (enough to cover the top and sides over the red) and tacked it down in the inside. We just used small wood tacks and a hammer. I would recommend a thicker tack than we used, because ours bent really easily.
So, when the batting was all tacked in, it looked like this:
The hardest part for me was the corners. I couldn't figure out how I wanted to secure them, but I ended up kind of folding them under and tacking them on the bottom, kind of like wrapping a present. I then did the same step with the fabric I bought to cover them. I found a BOLT, a whole BOLT of navy fabric for $5 at WalMart. Awesome. Even if I messed it up totally, not a huge financial loss there.
You can see the corners a bit more on the finished product:
Ta Da. Now don't get me wrong, I fought with that stupid batting for a good hour or so. I wanted to kill someone. These 3 pictures make it look much easier than it was, but also just goes to show, anyone can do it.
About a week later, when I recovered from the ottoman stress, I decided to get it over with and recover the glider cushions. I used the same fabric so the two pieces would match, but I cannot take credit for literally any of the process beyond that. I simply pinned the fabric (inside out) around the current cushions and cut the fabric out around the pins, leaving an inch or so for error. Those bad boys I took to my mom's for her to work her magic on. She sewed around the cushions, we turned the covers right side out, put them back on and stitched them up. Again, sounds a BIT easier than it was.
BUT check it out now, much better:
And the both of them together:
And a wider shot of the only finished corner of the baby's room (you don't want to see the other side):
Def making progress! Don't worry - that small table will get the dark brown treatment shortly. As soon as I can think about painting anything else, now that we're mid-crib painting. Again - a whole other story, that one. It's a beast.
So it definitely took some time and elbow grease - but probably only about $40 for the both of them including paint, fabric and spray finish. So, in other words, totally worth it. I'm obviously just saying that now that I'm done.
Baby Yar better appreciate it's matching room. I know. Clearly babies think about that kind of thing.
More fun stuff coming soon!
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