When I rearranged the house and moved my desk out of my room, I lost out on having a seat to sit on, and somewhere to dump bits and pieces (unless you count the floor). I only have a small space and just couldn't find the right piece of furniture to both fit and meet the desired purpose.
So I headed off to Ikea after work (it is far too convenient, my wallet does suffer), and came home with two Expedit cubes and matching baskets. I chose the single cubes as the larger units were too long for the little space I have. Then I picked up a piece of foam elsewhere, and with a bit of Googling, made myself a cover. The fabric is also from Ikea; its a decorator weight cotton that I bought "just in case" on one of my previous visits.
For a bench this size (40cmx88cm), I used only 1 meter of fabric; the WOF is larger than most quilting fabrics. All up this nifty bit of furniture cost me around $120. I think Bella approves!
3 comments:
Bella is an awesome model!
I love your little unit, it is really a clever idea and such an easy thing to do.
Masters home decorator centre opened here in Ballarat recently and I went down there today to get a door handle, and found myself an electric screwdriver, so a job like that, I could do!
Anyway, nice job and those baskets can hide all sorts of things in them! :)
That's a very clever idea and it looks fabulous.
Gosh that worked out well. Did you paint them or do they come already white?
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