A Stool Redo

Hey....look! Sun!


Remember the fugly stool I bought a few days ago for 10.00?


I disassembled it.


Then I started playing with fabrics and trims. I really like mixing rustic with elegant. I've done this all over my house. My dining room table is a big old french pine table. The chairs are covered in Scalamandre fabric. For the stool, I chose a pale green burlap.



I picked a flat paint for the legs to match the burlap.


Whenever I have legs to spray paint, I stick them in a Styrofoam container. This holds them sturdily in place and you can do the entire leg at one time.


This works better than any other method I have tried.


I also left the old fabric on. I figured this would lend more sturdiness to the burlap.


I cut the burlap to be just slightly larger than the stool top.


I turned the top over and began stapling the burlap to the underside.


First I stapled the entire circumference about one inch from the edge.


Then I stapled the extra lengths so it would all lie flat.


Bingo....new top!


I had this extra fabric from an old project. It is purple and light green.


I covered the underside with it.


I took the legs outside and sat the Styrofoam on cardboard.


Then I sprayed them with the flat paint. The color is fossil.


While the legs were drying, I played with more trim. The plan was starting to take shape. This pic probably shows the colors better than any of the others.




When I covered the underside, I circled the holes where the legs would be screwed back in. I sliced through the fabric and stapled around the holes.


Then I screwed the legs back on.


I chose this fringe which is a heather color.


Then I attached the piping which is a dark purple and green. The colors match the plaid fabric on the underside.



I bought this fun pompom tassel trim with little green crystals.


I really had trouble getting the true color in a photo.


But here is the new stool.


The fringe will straighten out in a few days.


If the stool is turned over, even the underside is pretty.


The colors contrast much better than they do in the photos.


Click for a better look.