So last night I made a ottoman...

We recently rearranged our furniture in the living room, and we realized that we needed a huge ottoman in the middle of our couch and chairs to complete the look.  A few years ago some friends of our's gave us their coffee table.  It used to have broken tile pieces on the top and looked like this:

I forgot to take a "before" picture of the coffee table - this is the only one that I had.  Riggins was such a cute puppy.

I bought some upholstery fabric at Hobby Lobby, some foam, and some batting.  Picking out the fabric was a little difficult (mainly because I got to Hobby Hobby 11 minutes before they closed, so I was in a bit of a hurry) because our couch is a sage green color and we have a pinstriped chair with a million colors in it.  So I picked out a fabric that had some of the same colors as the striped chair - but in a floral pattern.

The project took longer than I expected because I decided to paint the bottom and legs of the table.  Tip: Maybe you are smarter than me and you already knew this, but it is way easier to spray paint the legs of the table if you flip the table over.  That way, you don't have to lay on the ground under the table trying to paint all the way around the legs.  Believe me - it is much easier to flip the table over, with the legs sticking up.

After I let the spray paint dry, while I watched The Vow for the 25th time, it was time to get to upholstering (- i think that's a word).  I used spray adhesive to secure the foam and then cut the foam to fit the top of the table.  Then, I pulled the batting tight and stapled it to the bottom of the ledge of the table top.  Next, I cut the fabric and stapled it to the ledge as well.  I trimmed all of the extra material and corners - and I was done! Voila!

I also decided to add some decorative fabric tacks for a little extra decoration and to secure the fabric better.  And they were only like $1.99 at Hobby Lobby.