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
