I had my Handy Husband bolt the crib’s support board (which we’d also stuck under the bed) to the coffee table to keep it firmly in place. Once I figured it out, I was off and running. I could store the coffee table for possible future use while also making something awesome out of the crib mattress: an upholstered ottoman! Then I realized I could kill two birds with one stone, pardon the gross and violent expression. I just wasn’t feeling the yellow anymore, but it was a super-solid wood table so I didn’t want to just get rid of it - and we have very limited storage space. It was around this time that I realized I wasn’t crazy about the coffee table I refinished for My Handmade Home last January. Pinterest kept suggesting different ideas for it - a reading nook cushion, a doggie bed, a porch swing - but nothing felt right. Besides, I stuck it under my son’s bed and he didn’t even realize it was there. The mattress, on the other end, I didn’t care about … but I also hoarded it because I felt it could come in handy for something one day.
We turned it into a bench that we used for a long time at our dining room table, and now it sits happily on the front porch. I admit it - I was emotionally attached to our crib and I didn’t want to sell it.
