Old Stool gets a Modern Makeover

Last Saturday I purchase this old stool from a garage sale.  It was the lady's grandmothers, and as you can see from the pictures, very old.  

I may or may not have mentioned on this blog, that I LOVE to mix new and old pieces.  So the first thing that came to mind when looking at this stool, was to add a fun modern fabric.  There were many choices but I kept going back to this blue Ikat print. Here are some simple instructions on revamping this old stool:

Tools:

1.1 yard of fabric ( even though there is enough fabric let over to make a pillow..hmm;)

2. 1 yard of trim

3. Foam or stuffing

4. Staple gun

5. Scissors

6. Glue Gun

7. Hammer/screw driver (to get the old nails out)

1. Use the hammer/screw driver to take out the old nails. 

2. Fold the edge of the fabric on one side of the stool and make sure its straight.

 3. Staple the fabric using with the staple gun

3.  Once you have one side stapled, add the stuff/foam to see how high you want the cushion to be

4. Holding the fabric tight, fold the edge and staple the other long side

4. Before you secure the last 2 sides, rearrange the stuff/foam to make sure its even and the sides of the stool are full.

5.  Now staple one smaller side of the stool including the corners

-For the corners, straighten the edge out so it looks like a upside down taco and then fold over to one side.  Staple it 

6. Repeat on the other side.  

7. After you finish, add more staples to make sure its secure

8. Lastly, glue the trim using the hot glue gun.

There were SO many layers on this stool.  You can see the three layers above, but there were at least 3 more layers after that.  (I wasn't joking about the age;)  

I love how this stool came out! So comfortable and chic.  

The trim did a great job covering the staples.  In the picture above you can see how I folded the ends of the fabric to give it a clean edge.  

It was very hard not to keep this piece! 

xox,

Katie 

Making some Milk Paint Madness!

 My last post was all about this farm table I picked up at one of my favorite Consignment shops. I received the Miss Mustard Seeds Milk paint in the mail and was so excited to try it out!  

Now, I am not the best at mixing ingredients for baking so I was definitely nervous about making the Milk paint.  Luckily, all you need to add is water! If the paint looked to watery, just add more of the milk paint powder.  If the paint was too thick, add a bit more water.  I'm sure you get the hint ;)

 To start off I used a 1/2 cup of the milk paint powder and 1/2 cup water and that got me through the first coat.  It was a good idea to mix the paint in a mason jar, since all you have to do is put the top on and shake (instead of using a mixer, but use whatever method you feel comfortable with!) Below you can see the color I chose: Miss Mustard Seeds "Boxwood". 

Boxwood was a powder mix of some light green and blue pigments.  You can see how the color turned out below.   

After doing some research on Milk paint, many techniques mentioned that if you did not want the paint to chip to use the hemp oil and to make sure to sand the surface to get rid of any finishes.  

The table did have some kind of varnish on the surface so I did do a light sanding, even though I wanted the paint to chip. 

If you look VERRYY closely, you will notice the clippy paint in the picture below (or you can go to Kudzu & Company and see for yourself ;)

Well maybe it wasn't to much MADNESS in my milk paint madness, but I enjoyed how easy it was to mix the paint.  The color is perfect and I feel like it matches the tables personality. 

 Do you agree?  

xox,

Katie