In the view below, the large piece of foam has encased the exact-cut foam. The corners were a little tricky, since we're not furniture upholsterers by trade, but we made it work. The plywood was tough to staple into, but the pine lip took it like a champ. Good thing I kept my receipt! I don't recommend shopping at Building 19 for anything other than foam and cheap-o carpets, but if it's a deal, it's a deal. My husband found large pieces of 1 1/2 inch foam at Building 19 for $20. I did, and it cost me $80 ($16.99 per yard x 5 yards). Tip: Don't buy your foam from JoAnn's Fabric. We have all four layers of the bench laid out here-the fabric went down first, then the large piece of foam, the second piece foam cut to the exact size of the bench, and then the base. It's a little tough to see the two layers of foam unless you look carefully at the left corner of the base. Maybe a visual would help (don't mind Needy McFluffers). Therefore, the top has two layers of foam, but the sides only have one. We wanted this bench to be well-padded, so we cut one piece of foam to the exact dimensions of the top of the wood base and one long and wide enough to curl over the edges of both the first piece of foam and the lip of the frame (to be stapled underneath). It's a piece of plywood the length and width of the top of the hearth with a three-inch lip on three sides. Engineer, who built a room onto his grandparent's house when he was in high school, designed the simple bench in about 30 seconds flat. For this project, we used: 1 sheet of 1/4-inch plywood cut in half the long way and trimmed to size 1-inch x 3-inch pine planks Table saw 2 large pieces of 1 1/2-inch foam (one of those foam mattress toppers could also do the trick) 2 1/2 yards "interior decor" fabric (at least that's what JoAnn's Fabric calls it) Staple gun My husband, Mr. We finally decided on turning the hearth into a padded bench that would serve the purpose of cushioning any falls while also offering a cozy place for little bums to sit. Please see giant hazard below: For the past eight months, we have padded the hearth with my pregnancy body pillow and every throw pillow we could get our hands on, but because the living room is the baby's primary play area, we wanted a better solution. But there is one baby proofing challenge that isn't isolated to an old home: a raised brick hearth. One staircase doesn't have a banister for the last five steps. Some of our doorknobs aren't knobs at all, but lift latches that stick out right at a toddler's eye level. For example, because of the layout of our home, which involves four doors leading to the kitchen and two stair cases (not including the basement stairs), we need SEVEN baby gates.
I can't blame all of my baby proofing challenges on having an old home (built in 1890), but some I can.
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