Tonight’s design entry involves another first in this exercise – an upholstered ottoman:
First of all I want to mention that I’ve had the beginnings of this sketch for some time now and its shape in no way represents my excitement for the upcoming NFL season! I envision this ottoman being fairly long, more appropriate for a love seat than a standard stuffed chair. The criss-cross pattern in the sketch would be the stuffed and upholstered portion of the ottoman. I’m imagining a medium blue (maybe something cornflower), but not necessarily a pattern – the criss-cross is really just to indicate the area of upholstery in the pencil drawing.
As for the trim around the top, I’m torn between two similar ideas for the detail:
As you see on the right, it is a choice between actual dowels and a negative space where the dowels would be. In either instance, I would want that are to be a contrasting wood. That might be a little difficult to do with the negative space idea (some seriously bent veneer?), but maybe doing half dowels (not drawn) could work as a middle ground.
As for the base, I’m thinking a different wood than the edge of the top. It could be the same as the dowels/negative-space or it could be a third species. That base would also be mostly hollow, allowing for storage beneath the lid/top. As for the feet, I decided to keep them simple – considering they are mostly hidden and not terribly contributing to a piece such as this.
