A Creative Idea for Reupholstering an Old Stool
$6.00
1 Hour
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I picked up an old stool at a thrift store not too long ago. It had nice little Queen Ann legs, but needed recovering in a bad way.
I thought I'd try something a little outside the box--denim--not your usual go-to fabric for upholstery. Right away I ran into trouble. None of the denim from old jeans that I had in hand was large enough to cover the entire stool (not that it was so big). So I had to use some denim fabric that I had on hand, which was bluer and more uniform in color than I would have liked.
Turned out the blue denim was a bit blah and the gold legs were not very complimentary.
A chrysanthemum stencil right in the middle did the trick.
As did a couple of coats of paint on those brassy legs. With her fresh new cover and some painted-on glam, she's quite a looker now.
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What an awesome little stool!
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@Hannah V Thanks Hannah!
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Looks great.
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What kind of paint di you use for the brass legs? Thanks for that Idea.
Where did you get the stencil? Very adorable transformation. Thank You!
Thx. For previous reply but my question was where did you get the stencil?