Refurbished stool #2

Found another old stool in need of repair, so I transformed it, and all for free since I had the things already :) It has taken so long to finish that the sedum in the background has flowered! Not bad for £2 though.

Old stool

Refurbished prettiness!

Flea Market Finds - July

Today's Flea Market day out was not such a long one, as anyone who knows will tell you, I tend to wilt in the sunshine! And it was certainly sunny. Today I was mainly looking for bits to display my products on when I have my stall at Nunney Fayre (Sat 3rd of Aug in Nunney, do visit!) I picked up this rather rickety stool on which to display my lampshades, and a small corner shelf to display other bits n bobs. 

I also got a sweet old birthday postcard, a "Daily Mail Annual for girls & boys" and a Cricketer magazine from 1951, which I thought would be good for collaging. I have already started priming the shelves and stool to be painted in a nice cream colour ready for my stall, I'll post finished pics soon!

Refurbished Stool

One of my recent projects has been this stool, which I'm going to use in my screen printing workshop!

I acquired a sad old stool and removed the seat area and took the old fabric off it. I rubbed down the frame and painted it with primer. Next I painted it with two layers of lime green emulsion paint. I may yet lacquer it / varnish it if the paint isn't sturdy enough. I bought some new foam for the seat and re-covered it in some lovely green fabric with squirrels on! Quite pleased with the result although perhaps I should have used a slightly thinner seat pad...

Stool Before

Stool After!

Cute squirrels!

Yummy green colours