I have the platform and the legs of a bench from the 1950's that was in my parent's house for years. Th horrible orange vinyl rotted away, so I am padding an recovering it in a vintage upholstery pattern. I had the cats in the kitchen during the cutting of the padding, I will have to find something to do with the during the gluing of the first layer of padding. DH is helping a lot in tips and pointers, since I have never done this before, but he has.