My Icky Brown Stool

Scary isn't it? This is the icky brown stool #3 son dragged out of the trash for me. I had spied it, oh let's just say awhile ago, while driving to the store. I called #3 son lickety split and asked him to grab it and he so kindly did. Kids are handy sometimes.


Ok, so it  might have been sitting outside for some time. But still I thought I might be able to fix it.


 So I glued and I taped and I weighted the bottom down with cans.




Then....some time later.... I tackled the seat. It had layers of some pretty icky stuff so I tossed it all and started a new. Funny, I thought I had taken pictures of fresh foam and batting but nope, not in my camera. So, close your eyes and imagine.


Ok, you can open them now. This is the fabric I had wanted to use. I had found these fabric samples at Joann's and darn if they were not just a tad to small. I sat for awhile and tried to think of a way to combine some fabrics so I could use them. But my head was hurting and it wasn't worth it. I went into my fabric stash for a larger piece of something....



And this ladies, is what happens when one is fabric obsessed and not organized. I buy similar fabrics. I had just recently bought the fabric on the left to recover my wicker cushions. Yes, yes, I have not gotten to that yet. Now, the fabric on the right. Bought that a few years ago and completely forgot about it. I don't think it was outdoor fabric but at the time my wicker was under a screened in porch. I have plenty of that to use. It will have to do because my icky brown stool needs to be finished.


Here is how I did the corners. Sometime I do them a little different depending on the seat but this worked for this seat. I got the staples pretty close and then pulled the corner down nice and tight.


Like so. I just used a regular staple gun. A power one would be nice but I don't have one. I don't even have the ergonomic staple gun. I have the one that makes your hand cramp if you use it too long.


 So after spraying several coats of paint and then some sanding in spots I rubbed a little wax on it to help with the aging. Not that it really needed help. I wanted to paint it and not distress it but there were too many battle wounds from years of abuse that yelled out to me to just go ahead and distress it a little more. So I did. I also lined the inside with some fabric since the lid is removable and I can put magazines inside. 

I'm linking up with... Funky Junk's Saturday Nite Special 

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