Monday's Makeover

My first makeover is special to me.  It was my Granny's (not Grandma or Grandmother...but Granny's) piano bench.  It was used in front of her "old timey" (that's "southernese" for antique) pump organ and then later on sat in front of her piano.  It is one of two pieces of hers that I was fortunate enough to get.  The other is her buffet which you can see parts of it in the second picture.  Here is the beginning picture...

Now let me explain...the fabric it the bench is covered in is a fishing tapestry because when I first got it, in my old house my bedroom furniture was all log.  I have the massive log bed, dresser, nightstands and log rocker.  This sat in the corner of my bedroom for a while.  I have it all in storage till we get to build our log house.  

Maggie Mae thinks it belongs to her.

So I took it apart last night and I painted it white.  When I got up this morning I put the fabric I had bought to go on it across the cushion to see what it would look like...I did not like it AT ALL!

The combination of the fabric with the white I had painted the bench just did not work so this evening I repainted the bench black.  (I did not however remember to take a picture of it while it was white.)

Black looks so much better.

I love it.  It looks fabulous!  I am thinking this will go in my master bath.  

Just a reminder of the before...

...and After.

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