A Fabulous Cedar Chest Up-Cycle by Barbara From Chasing the Stars

Who’s with me on that?!

I’m sooo excited for this opportunity to share one of my recent (and easiest!) projects with you here at Crafty Scrappy Happy, a Cedar Chest Makeover!

My mother in-law and I were perusing through a local thrift store and found this Lane cedar chest and I just couldn’t resist!  It was in perfect condition on the inside, with an off-white paint on the outside.  Got it for $50, and went home happy!

I thought this would be a great addition to my eat-in kitchen as extra seating. This is especially handy when chit-chatting with the ladies, while our husbands watch sports in the other room. Also good for holding kitchen linens, blankets, you name it!

Took it home and got to (a little) work:

I painted it black right away and distressed it a bit.  Since the paint on it was matte, there was no need to sand or remove the finish.  The best kind of painting project if you ask me!

 

 

It needed a little padding for the many ‘bottoms’ it will be hosting (ha!) so I went to Michael’s and got a foam cushion in a roll.

 

 

I cut the foam to size and wrapped the fabric around it like you would a gift box, and secured it all with a hot glue gun, making sure it was nice and taut, but careful to not let the edges fold over.

 

 

Using spray glue I already had, I sprayed a thin layer over the top of the chest.

 

 

Then simply placed the fabric covered cushion on the chest and pressed down.

 

 

That’s it!  How simple was that??

 

 

I’d made those pillows a while back for other parts of the house, but guess what? I like them better on the cedar chest!!

The bold fabric of the pillows against the subtle print of the cushion and the rich black of the chest is what sold me!