Window Seats

It's been a busy time for us! We're prepping for baby Barrett, and we've both had a lot on our plates work-wise, so I haven't been blogging much. We still have a lot that we're working on in the house though, so here's one little project that we've gotten finished. 

I've always loved the idea of having window seats, and the dormer windows in our craft room were the perfect place for them. As soon as we moved in, Richard said that he would build them for me. He's the best. 

The supports on which the finished seat will sit. 

Testing out the size of the wood before adding the batting and fabric

So he measured and cut and set up the supports for the seats, and I went to Hobby Lobby and got padding and fabric. I chose a durable duck in a pretty pattern. 

Richard stapled a layer of batting to the wood and added some additional padding with some polyester filling. He lined up the pattern and stapled the fabric around the wood + batting. And voila! A seat!

When we first test-fitted the covered seats, they fit very snugly in the little window nooks and they sat very close against the window. A little too close -- you couldn't sit very comfortably in the space. 

So Richard added another board on the window side of the seat to push the seat part out from the window AND to add a little place for setting a mug of tea or a glass of water. So perfect!

Look at that sweet little spot for reading and enjoying some tea!