An Updated Foyer For Spring

I just can't help the urge to continue minimal updates for the warmer weather. Weather really affects my mood and of course sunshine leads me to be more productive.

A couple years back, I purchased a ClosetMaid 3-Cube Bench from Target for my doorway.  I purchased this bench because my husband would come into the house and leave his boots, the dog leashes or whatever right at the door, and it would get on my nerves. To help with the problem, I knew that we needed some nice storage that was easily accessible. Enter the entryway bench:

Image courtesy of Target

I knew that I liked the size of the bench, however the top portion was a little plain to me. So I immediately made it over by reupholstering it with some inexpensive fabric from a local store here in Atlanta and added some wicker baskets from Targer. Afterwards, the bench and my entryway looked like this:

2013

Fast forward to a few weeks ago, and as I was doing a little Spring cleaning, I realized the fabric seemed dirty. I also felt that I wanted a solid fabric, instead of patterned, so I headed to Hobby Lobby to get new fabric. 

I came home with a heavy duty linen, that had a slight gold and silver sparkle. I paid about $6 for it. I didn't even bother pulling the old fabric off. I just got my hot glue gun and got to work. 

After I finished, I used a couple of  greek key pillows that I found at Walmart to jazz up the plain fabric. I am so happy with how it turned out and made me realize that "less is truely more."

2014

Remember, that a quick reupholster can refresh a chair, bench, footstool, or even a pillow, even if you don't know how to sew, like me:) A glue gun can solve that problem. Spring always has a way to bring out the creativity and the urge to update for the beautiful days ahead. Especially after what seemed like a long and ugly Winter.  So go for it!


If you wanna know more about the DIY shelves above the bench, please check out my tutorial here. If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Until next time!