My Bench Is Famous On The Internet.
This bench is one of my favorite finds. I was lucky enough to get it with all the pieces intact, and I love everything about it. The tufting, the curved legs, the claw feet, the decorative fencing.
I wandered over to Apartment Therapy this morning and saw this:
Hey!! That’s my Bench! Except the green upholstery is so much better.
Mine was recovered at some point in utterly hideous fabric. My plan was to redo it myself. Probably in white linen. But it was one of those projects that became overwhelming just contemplating it—that’s a lot of tufting for a novice.
So rather than spend a week in the garage— exploring my limitations as an upholsterer… I made a slipcover. It took about twenty minutes and involved nothing more than some scissors, a measuring tape, and my sewing machine. It was supposed to be a temporary fix, but here it is nearly a year later. As long as you don’t look too closely at the wompy corners, it’s fine.
May 6, 2012 @ 5:08 am
Isn’t it fun to see your stuff somewhere else. I have run into some of my blog pictures on pinterest and other people’s sites and it’s always a trip. The internet brings us all a little closer. It’s really a fabulous bench… it should be famous!
May 6, 2012 @ 6:01 am
My bench is demanding a loft in New York and some Botox to go with her newfound fame…
May 6, 2012 @ 6:11 am
HA HA! That’s great! I think that bench would look good anywhere.
May 6, 2012 @ 7:52 am
I love the bench!! Where on Earth did you get it?? Just love, love. love it!!
May 6, 2012 @ 4:42 pm
Just looking at the bench makes me happy. (I have such love for my possessions.)
I got it at an estate sale—nearly all my favorite things are other people’s old, unwanted belongings.
When I saw it, I ran to it like a crazy person—certain someone would beat me to it. My husband always tries to get me to be casual about such things, because maybe you get a better price if you are not clinging to the item and sobbing with glee.
May 6, 2012 @ 11:04 am
I like your blog, so I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award 😉
May 6, 2012 @ 4:47 pm
Thank you! I will go google what the “rules” of that are… Maybe it’s like having street cred in the blogosphere?
I’m really enjoying the blog thing, but wow… an excellent way to find that you’ve spent HOURS on the internet that you didn’t intend to!
August 2, 2013 @ 4:09 pm
*Wompy* My new favorite adjective
April 11, 2014 @ 2:41 pm
Useful info. Fortunate me I found your web site unintentionally, and I am surprised why this coincidence did not took place earlier!
I bookmarked it.
February 4, 2018 @ 9:34 am
Hahaha, wompy . I will make use of that word this week at work!