Dog Bed from an End Table - Blues and Greens with Floral Cushion

I made one of these dog beds from an end table not too long ago...you can see it HERE.  I took it to my space at Smith's Antiques and Interiors and it sold pretty quickly so I decided to make another.

Found the perfect little end table for it...all wood and VERY heavy!  It's also a little bigger than the last one.

Painted it all funky with aqua paint and a brown wash for the main color

Painted polka dot bones since that's probably what doggies dream of...

I had these wood spindles that I got from one of my sisters ....

I cut the spindles down to make feet for the bed... 

Added wood ball knobs to the tops of the "legs"

I hand painted drop cloth canvas to make a coordinating reversible cushion...

I did end up adding gold dots to the flower side of the cushion, they weren't in the previous pic

Painted big gold edged polka dots for the other side... in case it's a boy and he's not into the flowers

Got it all sewn and stuffed and ...wha????? It's too small!

Apparently I didn't take into account that the stuffing is going to make the cushion poofy so it won't be the same dimensions as when it is empty.  So if you didn't know that either...you're welcome... if you did, wow,  I wish you had told me!

Ripped the whole thing apart, added more canvas to make a border around the painted fabric, re-sewed and stuffed.  If I were keepin' it real, I would tell you that I did that process probably 3 more times because I couldn't get the size right.   It was a perfect fit!

Dotty side...

Flower side.

I'll be taking this to  my booth at Smith's Antiques...SOLD

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Update!  I have made more dog beds from end tables...

you can check them out HERE and HERE

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