Tufted Ottoman Tutorial In Addition To Briar Hats Inwards Gray

By tood 10 Feb, 2021 Post a Comment

I promise yous all are having a wonderful week! Ours has been skillful thence far - William as well as Mary won over again final nighttime thence they are off to a 2-0 start for the year. And I simply finished upwardly some other projection final nighttime that I hopefully volition hold upwardly able to acquire photographed inward the adjacent hateful solar daytime or 2 thence I tin demo you. And we've got several novel products for the holidays that I am excited almost that are almost arrive at to listing as well as a few others that are inward the works! For forthwith though I desire to demo yous how to brand the tufted ottoman I showed yous yesterday.

For my ottoman this is what I used:

4 pre-made legs (I got mine on sale at Lowe's for $3.34 each!)

2 – 1” x 3” x your alternative length boards- I used 48"(for the length of your ottoman)

4 – 1” x 3” x your alternative boards - I intend I used to a greater extent than or less 22 1/4" so that when paired amongst the 2 long boards is made my ottoman 24" broad past times 48" long (2 are for the width of your bench as well as 2 bracing pieces)

Electric drill amongst 1 box self – drilling 1 ¾” woods screws

1 particle board or some sort of woods cutting to the size yous desire your ottoman - I chose 24" past times 48"

2" foam cutting to gibe on exceed of your ottoman - I chose 24" past times 48"(I would cause got preferred to purpose the 3" foam but it was thence expensive)

Fabric - I used 2 yards

Batting

Staple Gun

Upholstery Buttons

Long Needle (I used a doll needle but yous tin every bit good purpose an upholstery needle)

Thin jewelry wire (or real heavy-duty thread)

Pliers (optional)

Paint or Stain for Legs

Okay, thence hither goes for the tutorial. The start affair I did was embrace the buttons amongst textile (you tin run into a step-by-step how inward yesterday's post).

Next I marked out on the foam where I wanted to identify each push to brand the tufting. I had to play to a greater extent than or less amongst it a fleck to acquire the diamond patter just how I wanted.

Then I used my drill to cutting holes. Make certain to cause got your drill already going earlier yous start into the foam. This was past times far my to the lowest degree favorite business office of the project. The residual was pretty slow - this business office was a pain! I am guessing at that spot is an easier way. Once I had the holes cutting Lillie as well as Lola had fun pulling whatever extra foam out of the holes as well as making each hole a trivial fleck bigger.

Then nosotros lined the foam upwardly on exceed of the particle board as well as Lillie poked through each hole inward the foam to brand a score amongst a sharpie onto the particle board.

Once she did that I used my drill as well as cutting the coordinating holes out.

It was thence much nicer cutting these out than it was cutting the foam!

Once that was done I started edifice the base. I used the same format every bit our dining room bench.

This was what it looked similar when I was done.

Then I added the 4 legs. I forgot to accept a photograph of that when I was making the ottoman but I did it the same agency every bit I did on the bench inward the photograph below: (The legs I wanted to purchase were almost $10 a leg. I institute the legs I ended upwardly using for a trivial over $3! I wasn't completely certain almost them but the idea of spending $12 on legs vs. $40 won out as well as inward the halt I actually truly similar how they turned out!)

Once the base of operations was done I flipped it over as well as added the particle board on top. I screwed it downward inward each of the 4 corners.

Then I secured the exceed to the 2 middle braces underneath every bit well.

Then I added the foam.

Now here's when I went wrong. I decided to skip the batting as well as simply start tufting....

Ugh! Without the batting it looks thence apartment as well as homemade looking! I wanted to cry every bit I cutting each push unloosen afterward all that difficult run tufting it.

Alright, lets endeavor this again! I removed the buttons but left the textile on as well as and thence added batting to the top.

I used a sharpie as well as marked where all the tufting needed to acquire as well as and thence used pair of scissors to cutting through the batting where each marker was.

Then I threaded the long doll needle amongst the jewelry wire as well as stared pulling each push through. I had to purpose pliers a span of times to assist describe the needle through. I started amongst the centre of the ottoman as well as worked my agency out.

When I pulled each push through I lay a modest screw on the underside adjacent to each hole as well as and thence tightly injure the wire to a greater extent than or less it to assist decease on the buttons secure as well as agree the buttons actually tight to brand for a deep tufted look.

It tin hold upwardly a trivial difficult pulling the needle through each time, but I cause got to country this business office is sort of fun every bit yous run into the tufting start to come upwardly together.

Where each tuft is yous sort of crimp the textile over similar this as well as and thence describe it tight underneath the frame as well as purpose a staple gun to secure the fabric.

This is what it should await similar at this point.

Then I simply trimmed of the excess fabric.

And as well as thence I painted the legs gray.

And as well as thence rubbed some Annie Sloan dark wax over them! (I had planned on painting/waxing the legs earlier I fifty-fifty lay them onto the ottoman but when yous cause got 2 trivial helpers it's slow for things to non acquire according to the plan...it would hold upwardly easier, though, to pigment them earlier attaching them thence yous don't cause got to hold upwardly thence careful almost non getting pigment or wax on the fabic).

And that's it for our tutorial!

I every bit good wanted to allow yous all know nosotros stocked our briar hats inward gray final night! They are selling fast as well as at that spot are solely a few left.