I’m embarrassed, I don’t even know where I picked up this piano bench. It was probably one of three places – an estate sale, a garage sale, or my favorite furniture thrift store, Jubilee Furniture. Oddly enough, I do remember that it was $10. I also remember that it smelled, and the fabric had seen better days.
I ripped off the old fabric and batting (there really wasn’t much “cush” left in this cushion), and tossed it all away (I needed to get the cat smell out of my house).
I gave the base a coat of Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint in Artissimo and finished with furniture wax. The brass on the bottom of the legs got cleaned up with my favorite DIY hardware cleaning mixture.
I knew I needed to add a little extra padding to the seat, so I used 1/2″ foam and high-loft batting underneath my fabric.
Here’s the easy steps I used to reupholster this bench:
Because this piano bench has a removable top for sheet music storage, I wanted to create a handle to easily remove it. (Living in a small house, I appreciate every extra square inch of storage that I can find!) I cut a strip of fabric, ironed a crease on both edges, folded it in half, wrong sides together, and then sewed it together along one edge. (I know, I could have sewed it inside out and inverted it so the seam is hidden, but I was lazy, and I like the blue thread being visible as a contrast.)
I looped it, stapled it in place on one end, and finished the bottom off with a piece of felt (which won’t fray).
Although I love this reupholstered bench, we won’t be keeping it in our house. For one, our house is small, and honestly I don’t have room for it. But a second, and more exciting reason I won’t be keeping it, is because I finally am taking the plunge to put some of my pieces out there for others to (hopefully) buy! I just signed up to sell at two vintage markets at the beginning of the summer, and I am beyond excited. This means I need to get busy on the piles of furniture in the garage. Maybe tomorrow will be a “cold day” in Chicagoland and I won’t have to go to work because school will be canceled… A girl can hope, right?
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Love your cute piano bench! I just discovered your blog for the first time today (through the blogtalk Facebook follow thread) and wanted to stop by and say hi. I was so excited to read that you’re going to be selling some of your work in a market! My mom and I just rented space in an antique/craft mall at the beginning of this month. We’ve never done anything like this before and it’s definitely fun, but we’re still learning how it all works. I’m headed over to follow your social media pages and I’m looking forward to seeing more of your projects :).
This is so adorable! I really love that fabric you chose – perfection! I have an old decrepit piano bench that definitely needs some help and you’ve given me some inspiration 🙂
Thanks, Erica! When I bought the fabric, I loved it, but didn’t know what I was even going to use it on. I think it worked well on this one.
Looks great! I also love the fabric. Can you share the source and your favor places to find fabric? Thanks!
Thanks! I actually got this fabric from Joann’s. I still haven’t mastered the art of fabric buying online. I shop for fabric with my eyes and hands!
The bones of this piece were so beautiful to begin with – it made it easy to “refresh”!
This looks so beautiful! I love your choice in fabric!
I love the fabric you chose for the bench and the gold accent on the legs if perfect!! It makes me want to makeover my piano bench! Thanks for linking up to The Creative Circle. Hope to see you this week!
This turned out soooooo cool! I love it! I’d love for you to share it on the Found & Foraged Linky Party held every Saturday night at 8PM on http://houseofhipsters.com/
This is a great looking bench! Isn’t a great feeling when you find an inexpensive piece of furniture knowing that you can create something beautiful out of it?!?! Best of luck at your upcoming markets….I keep dreaming of selling my stuff somewhere but always chicken out 🙂 I’m including this tomorrow in my features at Your Turn to Shine. Thanks so much for linking up with us!
Ooooohh I love how this turned out!! The color is beautiful, and so is the fabric you chose for the top!! Thank you for sharing this at Motivational Monday! We’d love to have you back on Sunday at 6pm. Hope your weekend is going great! 🙂
Thanks, Amanda! I’ll definitely be back tonight.
What a beautiful makeover! Thanks so much for sharing it at the Vintage Inspiration Party!
Thank you, Angie!
I’m so happy you linked up! This is such a great project! Thanks for sharing on Found & Foraged.