tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post5560363728629678261..comments2024-03-29T08:31:54.659+00:00Comments on Penniless Parenting: How We Made a Homemade Couch That Doubles as a Shoe Box- For PenniesPenniless Parentinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-35646406026949065432014-08-25T20:49:55.114+00:002014-08-25T20:49:55.114+00:00Hey, you guys are really creative and thrifty. Tha...Hey, you guys are really creative and thrifty. That's empowering!<br />I'd also like to mention, since I blog too....that it is possible to moderate your comments, so that you get an email before a comment is posted publicly...that way you can choose which comments wind up on your blog and which ones are not worthy.<br />Peace and Prosperity.Can Know Anythinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13786347464233458860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-8322925844327863342014-08-24T01:23:53.962+00:002014-08-24T01:23:53.962+00:00Just catching up on your posts and love the custom...Just catching up on your posts and love the custom made couch. Having the skills and imagination to be able to build something to suit is great, and the double duty with the shoe storage is even better. We have built bookshelves and such but never a couch, great job :)KJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634866101136501189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-36757729841412393302014-08-04T09:46:31.669+00:002014-08-04T09:46:31.669+00:00I love, Love, LOVE multi-purpose storage furniture...I love, Love, LOVE multi-purpose storage furniture. If I were allowed to get rid of the big, tired, old couch, I would gladly replace it with a homemade storage solution (or two). I live with a "collector" in the home he grew up in, which still houses most of the stuff his dear mother has "collected" over 60+ years. In other words, the house I live in is HUGE but I still feel Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-82192643395372560002014-08-03T23:32:23.730+00:002014-08-03T23:32:23.730+00:00Come on, y'all. If you're going to call so...Come on, y'all. If you're going to call someone out for being rude, DON'T BE RUDE WHILE DOING IT. Yes, Kara could've expressed her opinion in a more politic manner, but she is entitled to that opinion. It's not spoiled to want ready made furniture from a store. A huge percentage of people in the Western world buy their furniture ready made from a store and have a very Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-4037574157177758032014-08-03T22:36:55.731+00:002014-08-03T22:36:55.731+00:00Awesome Post Penny! Poor Kara seems to be confuse...Awesome Post Penny! Poor Kara seems to be confused. One of a kind custom furniture is vastly superior and classier than something that was clearly mass produced. For those of us with taste, the purchasing of mass produced products is not really a main goal. That is like saying that you feel bad for the kid who has a birthday cake made from scratch in their favorite flavor, decorated with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-48079078756711165472014-08-03T15:48:51.572+00:002014-08-03T15:48:51.572+00:00wow, made-to-order seating space and storage too. ...wow, made-to-order seating space and storage too. you are very talented! looks very comfy! and your daughter is such a sweet model. a sofa fit for a princess! :)Leahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-67088839855380743232014-08-03T04:20:57.280+00:002014-08-03T04:20:57.280+00:00Dear Kara,
Your assumptions and insults say it al...Dear Kara,<br /><br />Your assumptions and insults say it all. You lead a privileged life, one where convenience is the ultimate desirable, perhaps second only to looks. Perhaps you fancy yourself a connoisseur of beauty or an arbtrar of good taste in furniture and home decor. You have the ability to say, freely, to others, that the products of their labor are ugly and displeasing to you, strike Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-82215302008115646242014-08-01T20:22:23.898+00:002014-08-01T20:22:23.898+00:00Funny, my husband and I had been talking earlier a...Funny, my husband and I had been talking earlier about how so much of our home is furnished with second-hand or free furniture. I find that making something custom-made brings the most joy. Home-made may not be for everyone but for those of us who embrace the "make do and mend" philosophy it brings a warm glow that" store-bought" can never match. The recession forced me to Swissgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498896289881963209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-87471229287394935772014-08-01T18:47:44.998+00:002014-08-01T18:47:44.998+00:00This comment made me laugh because that is probabl...This comment made me laugh because that is probably how I would end up, too. On the floor, crying, with a glass of wine. But, I would really like to try to start making small furniture (shelves, little tables, etc), my friend even bought me a jigsaw for my birthday but I had no courage and now have to postpone it anyway because I'm on a recovery from a surgery. But I hope that soon I will be Rusulicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341419485688590754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-88908080486505819832014-08-01T11:04:13.840+00:002014-08-01T11:04:13.840+00:00Nice! We build a lot of our furniture, too--mostl...Nice! We build a lot of our furniture, too--mostly bookshelves. <br /><br />We solved our shoe problem by 1) cutting back on the number of shoes we have and 2) getting a matching shoe-rack/bench and overhead shelf/coat-hanging setup from IKEA. Admittedly not the most frugal of ways to go about this, but I was 8 months pregnant at the time. Now the bench doubles as a bookshelf for kidlet'sJuleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177864294778546164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-40056912413583011882014-08-01T07:54:01.374+00:002014-08-01T07:54:01.374+00:00I love it!! I'm so impressed - it looks great ...I love it!! I'm so impressed - it looks great ;) I don't know if I could ever do this myself, I would probably end up drinking wine on the floor and crying like I usually do when I try to put furniture together. Chayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-65358589843652182042014-08-01T07:53:25.631+00:002014-08-01T07:53:25.631+00:00Seriously, why would you be so mean? Is it your n...Seriously, why would you be so mean? Is it your nature? Do you just enjoy saying hurtful things? Sis your cat die last night? Did you have a tough childhood? <br />I feel sorry for you, you can't possibly be a happy person. Happy people don't treat others like this.<br />PS- the couch is totally awesome, and multifunctional Reneenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-40514085661721043312014-08-01T07:19:07.863+00:002014-08-01T07:19:07.863+00:00Kara, thank you for your concern, but my life isn&...Kara, thank you for your concern, but my life isn't hard or exhausting. (Not that I don't have my exhausted or hard days, but so does everyone. And they're not connected to making a homemade couch/shoe box. )<br />It may be small and look homemade, but it was that or nothing, since we have very little space available for any furniture, so this fit the size perfectly and also doubles Penniless Parentinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-5885314816799910372014-08-01T06:59:46.417+00:002014-08-01T06:59:46.417+00:00Hi, Kara.
I'm wondering how hard YOUR life i...Hi, Kara. <br /><br />I'm wondering how hard YOUR life is, you poor, spiteful creature.How twisted and lonely are you, to write something like this? Are you even capable of making something like this, or do you have everything in your life made for you? <br /><br />Luckily for you, you will never have to do this. Go ahead pay for what Penny can get for free. While spending time with her Veranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-30964105949098698352014-08-01T05:33:38.626+00:002014-08-01T05:33:38.626+00:00OMG. What a hard, exhausting life you lead. All...OMG. What a hard, exhausting life you lead. All that work for a tiny couch that looks obviously home made. A small couch isn't that expensive- I would much rather buy a nice- looking piece of furniture that wasn't stuffed with someone else's urine-stained blanket. And getting a pair of shoes from there looks very inconvenient. You have to bend down to floor level and rummage Karanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-12922094897186175852014-08-01T05:31:44.387+00:002014-08-01T05:31:44.387+00:00That sounds like such a cool chair! Have you found...That sounds like such a cool chair! Have you found a plan for exactly that, or are you making it up yourself?Penniless Parentinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-88614851433131083562014-08-01T01:49:10.542+00:002014-08-01T01:49:10.542+00:00I have furniture that other people have made, but ...I have furniture that other people have made, but no couch! I have a bench/coffee table from an ex-boyfriend. And a stereo cabinet and deacon's bench my parents made. And a small bookcase my mom made. And two big bookcases my boyfriend made. These are ALL just made of wood and fasteners. And the materials were all new, so far as I know. For the deacon's bench, a king sized pillow Debbie Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-32868642815729977512014-07-31T22:18:59.091+00:002014-07-31T22:18:59.091+00:00A few years ago for Mother's Day, at my reques...A few years ago for Mother's Day, at my request, my hubby and kids built me a large, custom couch. I had wanted to include a storage feature but that part didn't happen. Still, I love the big, comfy spot where we can all sit, lounge, curl up with a book, or use a computer with a lap desk. I am grateful to have folks in the family talented enough to make my vision come alive and can Crunchy Sewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574161465881766596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-66303475285245650472014-07-31T22:00:22.214+00:002014-07-31T22:00:22.214+00:00This looks great! My husband is pretty handy. He&#...This looks great! My husband is pretty handy. He's made bookshelves, a coffee table, shelves for our closet, and pretty much all of our kitchen cabinets except for two.<br /><br />We have a couch that is also a sofa bed. We also have four people now. As the boys get bigger, I can already see that our couch isn't big enough. I thought about buying a new couch that has an "L" mm1970https://www.blogger.com/profile/09251260692988968988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-78160522955981546982014-07-31T21:35:31.150+00:002014-07-31T21:35:31.150+00:00Wow. Really impressive!Wow. Really impressive!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547251854840730379noreply@blogger.com