Bar Stool Make-Over

A few years ago, my dad and Sharon gave us some wooden bar stools. They were actually the bar stools that my parents bought when they built the house I grew up in...So needless to say, they are OLD. Old, but they served their purpose.

I have been wanting to paint them and "spruce" them up so to speak, but I just haven't had time. SO, I finally just made them a priority on my "2010 craft to-do list".

This is the before pictures.....A. HOT. MESS. I didn't realize how bad they looked until I looked at these pictures, ha!

And, this is the after!
I always forget to take the 'during' pictures, but here is what I did (and I am NOT good at giving a tutorial). :o)

I was going to first use a primer, but the paint I ended up buying had primer mixed in. So I just painted two coats on the stools and let dry. Easy peasy!

The hard part was making up my own pattern for my slip-covers. Not really hard. Just a lot of thinking on my part. Oh no, thinking....hee hee! I had several ideas running through my head on the best way to do it, so I asked a few (more experienced) sewers for their opinions. I ended up just winging it, and I was very pleased with the outcome.

The most disappointing thing about this whole project was that the husband and the boys didn't like my fabric choice. At all. They said it was girly, funky, bold, etc....I'm not sure what they had in mind for me to use, but obviously this funky square fabric was not. Oh well, they'll get used to it. :o) I do think it is already growing on Wade. It matches the green walls perfectly! I ♥ it and so does Annah Brooke! :o)

I just realized I don't have a picture of all three together. I'll have to get one and add it soon!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy crafting! :o)

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