5 projects in a Week, Project 5, Crate Ottoman and Sitting Area

Happy project 5 is done day!  Although I have had fun this week and thrilled that the cobbler's kids have shoes (i.e., I actually made some things for myself and my family), it has been a busy week, with today being really crazy.  I visited a friend and her 5 year old who is in the hospital, visited with a dear friend who now lives in Texas, but was in town, did graduation shopping, built a bench to sell...that is why this post is late, thanks for your patience (not that you all are waiting with baited breath for my little post)!

Project 5 is mostly about this fun and useful crate ottoman, but I also will share a few other components of my porch sitting area.

To make the crate, I started making a box with some reclaimed barnwood.

After making the box sides, I added a plywood bottom.

Handles were screwed into the sides and I painted it with a sparse coat of white.

I made a top with two pieces of plywood joined with boards that fit snuggly inside the crate.

I covered the lid with a pillow and some fabric sprayed with Scotch Guard.

I am still going to add casters to it, but the hardware store was closed by the time I made it by there. Casters will make pulling it out to rest our feet like sweet daughter is doing here much easier.

I wanted this ottoman for some storage, we are keeping porch blankets in it, but also I knew I needed a little something under this "table" --which is really a desk that opens up. I painted it to use it for a table because the size was right.

I couldn't find a rug that I liked at a price I liked so I bought these carpet squares at Dollar Tree.

I painted them with acrylic painted that I added fabric medium to and duct taped them together to make a rug for less than $20.  Hint--if you try this--the squares soak up a lot of paint--about 2 bottles of craft paint per square.  They are soft, not crunchy thanks to the fabric medium.

I still need to recover the cushions for the chairs and the loveseat and I have a little more accessorising to do--I will share the full reveal next week sometime.  With all of my new projects, my small porch truly has become the outdoor "room" I have always wanted and I know we will spend many hours enjoying it this summer.

Tune in tomorrow at noon MST for a link party so I can see what YOU have been working on AND a small giveaway.

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