Coastal Burlap Upholstered Footstool
by
Wendi @ H2OBungalow
(IC: blogger)
You know that thought in the back of your mind when you see something in a thrift store that you know would be perfect for a makeover? But you dont get it because you're looking for something else for an entirely different project. You can't get that thing out of your head? Yes, that feeling. I saw the perfect foot stool recently for this months Themed Furniture Makeover Day as soon as I saw it, tucked up behind stuff and underneath a rickety table, I knew I could make a such a cool coastal burlap footstool out of it.
So I went back the next day.
So I went back the next day.
And it was gone :(
So... instead of running all over town to different thrift stores to find another footstool , which I know there would not be a single one available, anywhere...
I wanted my coastal burlap footstool to look like it had been around awhile so I layered several colors on the raw wood, letting each one dry in between. Then painted it black and followed up with two coats of clear wax.
I just knew a crab would be cute on it. After trying several transfer methods that didn't take so easily, I traced it through the burlap and used another printed crab to make sure I was getting the shapes correct. I used a regular sharpie and heat set it with a hot iron between two papertowels.
I covered the seat with a layer of muslin first and then attached the burlap. I have great tutorial on how to upholster a bench seat here on Hometalk or you can go to my blog, H2OBungalow.com and search "upholstered bench tutorial". Since I didn't want the edges to unravel or fray, I added a layer of ProBond glue all around the inner edge of the burlap to give it extra stregnth.
Then tacked down an extra burlap piece with the staple gun to cover the raw wood.
Light distressing before I waxed it let the different colors peek through just enough to give it personality.
I attached the seat with 2 screws. To make it easy. I drilled pilot holes and used my countersink bit so the screw heads would be recessed and not show.
I love it, do you? If you like coastal projects or creative DIY, stop over my blog H2OBungalow.com to see lots more:)
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Published November 1st, 2015 8:21 AM
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Sandra Crosbie on Nov 05, 2015It is brilliant. I love what you did.
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Wendi @ H2OBungalow on Nov 05, 2015@Sandra Crosbie Thank you!
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Teresa on Nov 05, 2015Love it! I bet the base is so much nicer than the one that you missed out in too!
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Wendi @ H2OBungalow on Nov 10, 2015@Teresa It was! this base fit so much better for the style of my footstool:) Thanks so much for leaving a note!
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new to crafting...but love this. Where did you get crab stencil?