My Home Scripts: Reupholstery Part 1: Counter Stool Makeover

One of my big must-do thing in the bucket list was to do atleast an upholstery. Something I can consider a little over a huge project I suppose. So then last week I was fixating my eyes on my fave spots in the house and I noticed that our counter tools' color wasn't really getting along with the rest of the balance in the kitchen. I thought that black wasn't really a nice pair to our already brownish cabinets and white-ish counter. So there goes the 'light-bulb' ding in the eyes of my head. I wanted to change the stools. But of course, as always budget is in my way so creativity has to interfere. Woot. Reupholstering and repainting were the perfect solution.

Alright, here are they...by far, my semi-major DIY.

I got this fabric at Joann's and it was on sale for 50% off per yard. I only had 2 stools planned to redo so I only bought 1 yard. It cost roughly about $6. Not bad considering the fabric to be really nice. Did I tell you this fabric has been the apple of my eye for 20 minutes before dwelling on the other shelves in the store.

With some basic crafting tools I was ready to go.

This is my ultimate should-be-in-the-collection shelves from now on type of paint. I used Rust-O-Leum Hammered Brown spraypaint. Such an amazing partner in this great journey. ;-)

So, this is the baby. It's a bar stool that the old owner has left the house when we bought it. We thought it was pretty new so we decided to keep them. Plus they add some function in the counter when some of us are just lazy to set up our dining table.

Off to the backyard to spraypaint the first one. Here it is. I was in awe to see how gorgeous brown hammered worked perfectly with this metal.

See the difference? ;-)

These were them after. I let them dry for a good 2-3 hours just to be sure.

And the real fun began when I had to remove the seat cushion off. Good thing the stool was just screwed so it was easy to take it out of the chair frame. Then with some good and tough grip I covered the cushion with the fabric I bought. I used thumb taxes on the first cushion but since this homo sapien realized that'll be too much work..I bought myself gun stapler (which was a great savior by the way) for a whopping $6.99 on sale at the Harbor Freight Tools. Woot woot!!! Just getting luckier with this project. ;-) It took about 15 minutes to perfectly wrap the cushion and staple it. And then screw it back up with the help of my ever heroic dad. hahaha.