Chair Repurposed (dog/doll bed)

I made this dog bed for Louie a couple of years ago. I actually made a few, but I can’t remember which bed he actually ended up using.  To make it I used part of a chair back as the “headboard” of the little bed.

I used 1x4’s for the sides, and bead board for the bottom.

I used another part of a chair for the foot board.

Here is Louie testing it out.  I’ve had this in storage for a long time. I have had one similar in my booth for a couple of weeks as a dog/doll bed. I thought it might be more popular as a doll bed as opposed to a dog bed.

I changed up the color with some Annie Sloan Henrietta.  I used Annie’s clear wax over the entire piece.

I did some light distressing.

I added a cute little quilt.  Hopefully it will go home to some little girl soon.

If I were to make this now, it would be a lot different. I’ve learned a lot in the last couple of years. I use to find chairs on the side of the road all the time, but I haven’t come across any lately.

I switched it out yesterday with the brown one. When I went into the store today, Kathy told me that a lady that had looked at the bed previously (brown one) came in and inquired about it.  She came in about an hour after I switched them out.  My plan was to paint the brown one too, but Kathy says the lady wants it <eventually> .  We’ll see.

gail

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