This happened to me when I wasn't looking.
I have been known to collect t-shirts, chickens (non-live: go here for a live-chicken collector), bottles, lint. Now apparently I collect ottomans (not the empires, the foot stools).
I can't stop buying them. And I think it's because they CALL to me from thrift stores and estate sales everywhere, "Helloooooo! I am uuugggllyy. Coooommmmeeee bbbuuuuyyyyy mmmeeeeeeee!!"
I only buy ugly ones. Maybe because there are only ugly ones for sale. But there is no such thing as a truly unattractive ottoman: just an ottoman that hasn't yet been made beautiful.
Here is my latest Ottoman Transformation Activity:
And you'll never believe it, but I got it for about 4 bucks and it looked like this:
I totally dig the way that I accidentally didn't make it long enough so the brown wood legs show and high five with the brown and white polka dot strip of vintage polyester on the bottom.
[To be clear: this is now officially my Second Favorite Ottoman. My first is here.]
I encourage this particular sort of collecting behavior. It is terribly fulfilling. And if you can sew a straight line, you can cover an ottoman. I have mentioned this to you before.
And yes, later, I promise to show you how.
And yes, later, that might even happen on video since it was so much fun to make that last one.
P.S. Thanks for the sweet cheering-on from you all. Your acceptance of my weird hobbies makes the world seem more full of butterflies. Do let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like for me to explain via video piece. I'm beginning to scheme for more of these and am Taking Requests.
