Beginging of a Furniture Project

I bought a claw foot tub today! Yippee!!! And it is a BEAUTY. You all should be very jealous. The Lady I bought it from was selling her awesome Victorian House and just redid her bath so needed to get rid of it fast. To my benefit she sold it to me for $100. What a great deal! Getting it into my apartment was a real joy, though. It took 3 of us to carry it around the front courtyard, up 1 flight of stairs, into my apartment, and onto the Balcony! Let me tell you that thing is HEAVY! But I have the best, and strongest, roommates that helped get it in.
Did I forget to mention why i bought a claw foot tub?! Well, that is the exciting part! I am required to build a piece of furniture for one of my classes. I have always LOVED and ADORED the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's and even more loved Holly Golightly's style. Her Claw foot tub sofa is the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

So in pure "Jenni" Style, I am going to make a sort replica of it! And I will document as much as I can on here so you can keep up! Here are some pictures of my B-E-A-U-TIFUL tub.... It needs a lot of work, but I can do it!