Finally got a hold of a belt sander, so I could start smoothing down some of the exposed edges. Since I decided on upholstering the outside, I figured i didn’t need to get the corners incredibly smooth. Just enough to let the batting hide the inconsistancies.

Got some suede type fabric from JoAnn’s on sale and started my first upholstering job ever. Turned out to be not nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be. I used 2 layers of batting underneath the fabric.

The diamond rubber, which should be here by this thursday if UPS doesn’t get lost or something, comes up 11 1/2″ on the inside so I left the extra fabric hang over the inside to be stapled in behind the diamond rubber and cover that extra inch or so that will be exposed above the rubber.

After I got all the fabric on, I set the top back on to see what it would look like and, gosh darn it, it is actually starting to look like a craps table.

So much so, that I had a friend come over and we had to roll dem bones and try our luck. As you can see, the drink rail works quite nicely.

continue to part 6