The Coffee Table Seat

So, after 2 years of using a free Craigslist loveseat in our living room, I decided it was peeling too much to stay anymore. As is traditional in my house, I dismantled it. I saved the pleather and foam for future sewing projects, stuck the frame in my garage with the intention of using it to make a shelf, and then turned my attention to what to put in its place. 

I decided, at least for the time being, I didn't want another large piece of furniture in our living room. I wanted a comfy bench for sitting. Somewhere just big enough that my dog could curl up and take a nap.

At the same time as I was going through this project at home, I was also running a thought exercise at work. What in the world could we do with all these coffee tables coming into the ReStore?

Here's a gratuitous picture of my cat, Momo, checking out the carcass of the loveseat.

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Thus was born The Coffee Seat: a bench made out of a coffee table. 

Now, I am under no delusion that I invented the concept myself, nor that it's  novel in any way. What made the Coffee Seat special in my personal history of craft projects is that I thought of it, bought the coffee table at the ReStore, and in two hours had a completed bench. I invested $15 in the coffee table; the rest of the supplies I had on hand! ​

Here's my goodest boy, Bower, giving it a try! He was a little unsure if he actually fit. My oldest cat, Del, definitely loved it from the moment I finished it!

In the end, the Coffee Seat spent about a week in our house. The neighbors put their old loveseat on the curb and we were immediately smitten (mainly because Bower had made it perfectly clearly he's a loveseat-or-bust kinda dog.) Thankfully, my sibling came by for a visit and immediately declared that the Coffee Seat would make a perfect bench at the end of their bed. So, it moved a few blocks away to my parents' home, we adopted our trash couch to fill the void, and I satisfied my curiosity of what it would take to turn a coffee table into a seat! 

Trash Couch Photoshoot: "Quality from the Curb"