Ottomans, Tuffets, Whatever~U-Call~Its

This post is just for Funky Junk's Saturday Nite Special linky party. {I apologize for the quality of the pictures beforehand; the sun has been going in and out, plus I can take some really bad pictures without even trying}.

Several years ago {before blogs were even born}, I fell in love with MacKenzie-Childs' Tuffets. Knowing that I should not, could not and would not pay $1,200.00 for something like this, I decided I would try to make my own tuffet. This is what I came up with:





I made a few of these and even sold one or two.



I even finished off the underside.



To make something like this, you need: plywood cut into a round {mine is 21"}; decorative legs {I used to buy mine off eBay}; about 2 yards of fabric; trim of your choice; paint; screws to attach the legs to the round; foam; batting {to cover over the foam}; and staples and staple gun.




I used to paint the legs first and let them dry before getting into the fabric part. I chose paint colors that came from the fabric and tried to play up whatever was going on in the legs.

If that's too much work for you to wrap your mind around, here is a small and quick version.

This is a plain, unfinished wood stool that I bought at Joann's. I also purchased a travel pillow ~ it fit the top perfectly. I didn't get the fabric or trim there, although you could probably get everything you need from there.

Again, I tried to match the paint to the fabric and painted the stool first {in this case stripes that I taped off}.

I then stapled around the edges of the pillow, just to hold it in place. Placed my fabric on top of the pillow, pulled tight {making sure, in this case, the stripes were straight} and stapled it underneath. I finished off by hot gluing the trim around the edge.

It sits just under that end table in the picture, and I usually pull it out when we have kids over to visit. They love it and think it is a seat just for them.

New giveaway posting tomorrow!