We got one of our living room sofas, as many people do, from Ikea.

We were so skinflinty that actually, we got it from Ikea’s bargain corner. It was cheap, if a bit grubby. It didn’t have nice legs and it didn’t have a cover.

Needless to say, the cover I bought online ended up costing more than the sofa. But hey, I wasn’t confident I could sew one, so it was a price worth paying.

Anyway, after we bought it I came across Pretty Pegs. They let you customise your Ikea sofa (or chair, or table) by replacing it’s original chunky legs with nice shapely ones instead.

A great idea, but they were a bit expensive, so I didn’t buy any.

However, the other day I stumbled upon something that takes the sofa leg customisation thing to a whole new level…

I love the way these have been painted!

You can buy these particular special edition clown-painted legs here – and all profits from sales of these go to the Clowns Without Borders emergency fund.

I’m sure that any talented painters amongst us could do something similar themselves.

Seeing these has inspired me to want to create some new characters.

It’s just a pity you can’t sew sofa legs out of fabric. ♥