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

Type drawer wall art

I finally got round to refurbishing the type drawer that I bought a few weeks back (see Flea market finds post) and I think it's turned out rather well.

First I cleaned it with sugar soap to remove any grease and yucky stuff (there must have been lots because I almost suffocated from the fumes - I think it might have been the varnish!) after it was dry I had to give it quite a few coats of primer.
Following this I painted it with white eggshell paint, and cut out sections of coloured paper for each section, sticking them down with wallpaper paste. Next I drilled some holes and attached some brass hooks, and then it was finished :) a nice little project. Just need to find a few little objects o put in the sections!