Window Seat Bookshelf

I was standing at the window holding one of the grandpuppies watching for my daughter and the thought occured to me how nice it would be to have a window seat.  A place where I could sit and read or the puppies could see outside…  and so the search began.  While looking on Craigslist for an entertainment center for the Daughter this oddly shaped image popped up…wow…that could be a window seat!    What we found when we arrived at the owners home was a pleasant suruprise, it was in perfect shape and came from Houseworks for $400.00…we secured the center for a mere $25.00 and raced home to implement the idea.  We tried to find a cushion or pillow or something to use as seat to no avail, especially for a decent price.  What we did instead worked out much better…we used a board left over from another project, picked up material on clearance at the fabric store and  piece of foam on sale.  The Hubby cut the board and the foam the size of the seat area and the fabric large enough to fold over.  We  laid the fabric down on the floor, the foam on top of that, board on top of that and then folded and stapled the fabric to the back of the board like wrapping a package.  Then all we needed was a few garage sale bargains to decorate it with , a pillow to lean on and a blanket to snuggle in!  All of us sit there from time to time and the puppies love to sit there and watch outside.

Here are the componets that became one of our favorite spots: (click for larger)

Entertainment/Windowseat $25.00 from Craigslist

Flower Vase with Flowers $2.00 from a Garage Sale

Bowl $2.00 - Garage Sale, Balls in Bowl $2.00 - Garage Sale

Afghan $3.00 from Garage Sale

Books .50 each for total of $6.50

Board for Seat leftover from previous project $0.00

Material for Seat off the Clearance Rack Fabric Store $4.50

Stuffing for Seat from  Fabric Store Sale 3.00

Pillow 1/2 price at Kohls $11.00 used $10 coupon… cost $1.00

      Total Cost of Window Seat & Decor $49.00

Appoximate full cost $650.00…..Savings of $601.00