Faux Suede Foot Stool Makeover
by
TaKenya Hampton
(IC: blogger)
7 Materials
$40
3 Hours
Easy
I turned some old mismatched faux suede footstools into modern expensive looking jute style footstools for half the price of what they cost in stores.
- Lay fabric on flat surface and place stool lid in the center. Ensure that all edges can be covered with the fabric size.
- Use the staple gun and staple each side of the fabric under the bottom pulling it snug.
- Continue to staple the fabric tightly doing the corners last.
Once the fabric is covering the lid is attached firmly trim the fabric.
- Using the glue gun and glue adhere a piece of rope to the center of the very bottom of one side of the stool. Making sure to have gloves on your hands to easily clean up afterward.
- Follow the rope with glue and continue to attach the rope around the footstool.
- Continue this in a rotating motion until getting to the end of the rope. Start with new rope immediately after in the same fashion as step1.
- Once all pieces of the footstool are covered cut the rope and conceal the end as best you can.
I absolutely love how these turned out. I was able to complete this project for 45% less than it would have cost to but similar ones in the store!
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Published September 14th, 2018 12:00 AM
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Debra McMenamin on Sep 18, 2018
Perfect size! Looks great.
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Great new look for a dated piece! What are the dimensions of your ottoman (did you state and I missed it)? Im trying to guestimate the amount of rope I need for mine. Did the 100 ft cover just one or both. Thank you.
Your head oard is amazing too...would u happen to have instructions for that one too???