Craft for Fun Reusing Materials Dog Bed

REUSE ITEMS

Dog Bed 

Made from reclaimed materials

I saw my husband picking up a Graco Baby bed from a "Free Stuff" pile on a curb and got after him.  "What in the world are you doing?  Our grandkids can't sleep on that, it's broken!"  

He just smiled and put it in the trunk.  

The youth bed was trundle size and he cut the end off with a hack saw. 

After he made it much short he put the foot board back on and added wires in the shape of an X from leg to leg to add to stable the bed. 

After he showed me the frame I realized it was for our dogs! 

I added several old pillows and used a nice blanket for the cover.

The blanket was easy to wash, which I did every Monday just like I wash our sheets.
I painted a little wood shelf I had in the craft room and put a couple of framed pictures of our dogs on it..
We put this at the foot of our bed so our dogs would feel close but not be in our bed.
They loved it!   It's off the floor, soft and warm.  

At Christmas they were given stockings to slumber and dream about the treats they will receive.

Crafts for Fun Old Stool Made New

Here's a Stool Sample 

When buying a house, look at the bones.  The same is with a piece of furniture.  

This foot stool  was purchased for just a few dollars.  

The material was stained and worn but the base of the stool was solid and in great shape! 

Un-screwing the top from the bottom side, I took the screw driver and just popped the top off.
I had purchased a small scrap of rich maroon thick upholstery fabric which I placed on top of the white material.  Using a staple gun, I stapled the new material tight in place.
I replaced the top screwing it in place.

As easy as that, it's done.  The stool now matches the antique parlor furniture.