Blanket Box/Bench

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Some of you might remember we started with a make over on our beach themed master bedroom last year. Well, unfortunately, we had to put that on hold, soooo the room is still only half done.

But, I most certainly can carry on with the smaller things for now, especially when I have everything available {besides the 250ml paint, which only cost us R26.00 - +/- $3.00}  Not bad, I think!  Right, I have lots of pictures, so let's start and I will only mention important stuff ...

{Keep in mind, this is my first paint project which I tried in my own way, so please be gentle ;-)   } Just joking, I am a big girl, I can handle everything !

An old toy box which we painted white some time ago {we have always kept this at our bed's foot end and used as a blanket box, after the kids were done using it as an actual toy box}  +  a very old wooden gate which I rescued when Dimitri and Jacobus were on their way to the dump on an errand for Jacobus' Mom  =  my new blanket box which also serves as a bench {Roy always sits on the toy box, when he removes his shoes, and that gave me the idea of a bench}

 

A closer look at the handles {both sides} and the key hole thingy on the front

Roy removed the old hinge on the gate, cleaned and sanded it a bit. You can see here that this wood is really old and weathered, but still unbelievably strong.

1.) We attached a "spacer piece" to the box

2.) Then the gate was fixed to the spacer pieces with long woodscrews

3.) Here you can see where we cut the wood on the "seat" {see lower down as well}, to allow for the seat to be lifted up and also to fix the armrests to

1.) The spacer piece - to allow the 2.) seat to flip open

All the X's show where we placed spacers and fixed the gate to

This is the side of the top piece {seat} which we cut, on both sides, to allow the center piece of the seat to be lifted up and also to serve as a base for the armrests

X = the cut in the seat as explained above {there was a weak spot and the wood splintered horizontically, but that was an easy fix}

The arrow shows where the armrest's "pillar" was attached, using a long woodscrew from the inside of the box 

Bottom arrow is explained in the previous photo

Top arrow - we've cut an armrest to fit as shown above, using countersunk screws

More countersunk screws to the side

The small bottle of paint we had mixed {PLASCON, Double Velvet - color = Twin Crystal}

A Coarse handheld sander

The sponge which I made some cuts into {to give an uneven coat}

The one side's armrest is fixed as well as the gate which is now called the back! Starting to look like something ...

I opted out of painting the armrests and back ... Roy used his spray-gun and by doing it this way, it has cut the labor time by, I would guess 80% at least. {the vertical pieces at the back are triangular}

After I applied the "Twin Crystal" color - more or less all to one way, but uneven

Bottom piece has already been sanded once or twice

Top piece - no sanding had been done at this point {see the difference already?}

After that - a lot more sanding to all the sides!! {that should teach me not to go too heavy on the paint next time...}

Obviously, I took all the pics outside as the room is only half done, but this piece is now at the foot end of my bed and it looks great!

There is not too much left to do in the bedroom, but the little which still needs to be done, is also the more expensive areas {the floor - to name one}

I am still thinking about changing the seat area of this box to an upholstered piece, but am thinking that might be too much to fit in with a beach themed room {and also, no one is really going to sit there and chill!}

Let me know what you think!

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