We are slowly beginning the task of baby proofing our house before the case worker begins our interviews and inspections. There is lots to do but for our first hurdle I decided to find a way to make our lovely brick fireplace safe for little crawlers as it's surrounded with hard and sharp corners. I didn't love the idea of just putting a baby gate around it so searched my favorite site Pinterest for ideas.
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| Before - Mean old sharp edged fireplace |
I stumbled onto this
site and discovered her brilliant idea for solving the fireplace issue - creating a bench cover! So thus began a new Saturday project for us. And by 'us' I mean, my husband. Funny how that works huh?
We went shopping at our local craft supply store and picked out the material we wanted and the foam to build the bench as well as plywood and pine boards as suggested on the blog.
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| We chose a faux leather fabric to make clean up easier! |
Chris (aka Superman) began the tedious process of cutting, gluing, re cutting, re-gluing, well you get the idea.
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| Isn't he handsome? I digress.... |
After he got the frame built, we began adding the multiple layers of foam to make our bench seat super comfy!
And eventually, after numerous attempts at folding the material just so, we set the bench in place and then my husband told me to stay off Pinterest for the rest of our lives. Just kidding, he didn't say that. Although I'm pretty sure he was thinking it.
Voila!
All done! I'm so happy with how it turned out. Now our future little's (and their friends) will be safe to roam and play!
(Is now a good time to mention the
baby gates I want Chris to build next?)
