We have a double sided fireplace...Briggs has decided it's fun to climb up on the hearth and see what's inside...which happens to be filled with little rocks and logs...can we say CHOKING HAZARD!
So...this weekend...mommy fixed that problem....
I went to Lowe's and got a sheet of plywood. I've mentioned before...if you buy wood from there..they cut it for free, you just have to tell them the dimensions. So here are the helpful Lowe's workers who cut the boards for me and even helped me out to the car with them.
The supplies I used...- plywood boards (pre-cut from Lowe's)
- batting
- dryer sheets
- staple gun
- extra staples
- dryer sheets
- burlap
If you have ever used burlap...you know, it has a distinct smell. I thought it might help to use dryer sheets and make it smell better...so I taped dryer sheets to the plywood.
I would have put the dryer sheets directly under the burlap, but you can see through burlap and I didn't want them to show from underneath.
I stapled the batting to the plywood first and then I put on the burlap.
Tip..in order to keep from getting wrinkles in the fabric...I stapled opposite sides first...pulling them tight, then I moved to the other sides.
Here is what the finished product looks like from the back...
And remember we have a double sided fireplace, so I did two of these boards. That's why I didn't worry too much about covering the entire back of the board...just needed it to look good from the front.
And here is that little rascal sitting in front of the finished product.
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