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So today I am going to share one of my all time favorite DIY tutorials with you, a DIY Kids Seating using a (tire) tyre. It was one of my first ever projects and well received, as seen on my original posting on my Facebook page (back when I thought sharing a before and after picture was ‘blogging’…. turns out its not…but that’s a story for another time).

For my US readers, I know you’re probably thinking I spelt the word ‘tyre’ wrong, but I didn’t. Whilst you guys spell it with an ‘i'(tire) we add in the ‘y’ over here in the UK. Ha! No idea why!

Its funny, because the actual inspiration for these tyres seats came from my very own DIY Facebook group (you need to join!) . Someone had shared a google image of a tyre that had been wrapped with string with a seat screwed to the top (edit: This image was from Style Me Pretty I later found out).

Not only that, but I was also in the process of creating my sons reading nook for his playroom (see full playroom post for full reveal) and I wanted something outrageously different and fun!

These two things combined got my mind racing with endless possibilities. It didn’t take me long to put together the materials for this project (and luckily at the time my husband had just changed his car tyres so I had two just laying around) Score.

Here is how my reading nook looked:



Haha yes I know its all very IKEA inspired (did I mention that I am a serial IKEA Hacker? You can check out all my hacks here) with the RIBBA ledges, EXPEDIT cube and Canopy, but don’t you think the tyres just make the whole set up look way more inviting??

My son seemed to think so.. and sometimes I’d find him curled up on one of the seats reading one of his books (edit: he now has a new reading nook in his bedroom).This post contains Affiliate Links for your crafting convenience. See full disclosure here