Boring Lillehammer Bedframe Goes Mid Century Modern Daybed
Materials: Lillehammer double bed frame
I had this blah but functional, bed for several years. Initially we had in "As Is to help us stage our old house for sale. It ended up in our new home afterwards, but he is a decent guest bed. When I need a place quiet to read away from the television in the living room, I decided to convert it into a chaise-style daybed with a modern look of the mid-century.
I added two of 3/4 plywood "at the end and the side both being the width of the bed (41") and at the same height of 12 "above the frame. I judged that the height of another very comfortable piece of furniture in my house. I then added 3 "thick foam to the plywood using a spray adhesive and holes for the tufted button pierced. I also added some brackets for rigidity. I had the hardware store cut the plywood to me and I cut myself the foam with an electric bread knife. it only took me about 3 hours to do the construction.
Then it was just cut and stick the fabric and staple it to the frame. I fired stick with spray adhesive that I went to make it easier to work with. the buttons were the most difficult to do and I finally went and bought a "needle 4 long upholsterer . I already had a basic furnishing rifle, which is a bit expensive purchase and quite valid. The trick to use it is to stand firmly and pull the fabric taught and consistently.
I wanted a fabric that would be tolerant cat, but have a good mid-century modern feel. So I bought the fabric online from a US company that provides high-end upholstery fabric remnants for great prices (www.modern-fabrics.com). Remnants are perfect for a small project like this; it took 9 yards to make this work and I used almost 100% of it. I like the color red, and it is reversible orange, so what I did to the bolster. The fabric is not quite as bright as my picture published. The mattress cover is the only seam for this project. The cover is mounted on a double mattress standard American-size batting wrapped for extra fluffiness and velcroed closed at the back so I can removed for cleaning.
The assembly and stapling and sewing took me two days of work with a total of about 18 hours or more solo effort. The fabric cost me $ 150 and the foam and batting were $ 100 or more. With plywood and some other supplies project cost me about $ 300. I'm really happy with the result. It is comfortable both as a sofa and a bed and it is really great in my humble opinion!
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Kerry
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