Painted Bar Stools

You can tell by the orangey-brown finish on

 these bar stools that they date back to the early

2000's. Wild Bill had about talked me into getting

rid of them when we cleaned out the garage,
then I painted one white. Just to see.

 Here's the next victims waiting for their turn

for torture...

 I thought for sure I needed to replace the

leather seat, but once the stool was painted

white, it seemed to darken the look of the

leather and made it much more appealing.

 So, of course, I had to try painting the 

 matching pub table white. Just to see.

Here's a Throw-Back Thursday shot of the 

table and two of the stools back in our house

in Albuquerque NM around 2003...

Real FAIL on that tablescape.

That was the "RED" phase of my decorating

life. Yuck. Wood, burgundy red, yellowish beige.

It was a look. That's all I have to say about that!

So back to the makeover.

I decided to sand down the table top and stain it

with a darker stain to match the leather on the seats.

I HAD A PLAN. I heard it's good to have a plan.

 But here's how the stain turned out...

Apparently some wood products are pieces

of different types of wood all pieced together.

Plan B: Dark brown paint from Ce Ce Caldwell.

Supposed to look like wood when a glossy finish

called "Endurance" is added to the top.

The brown was too purple-ish for me.

I didn't bother to add the Endurance finish.

Moving on...

Plan C: Add a coat of white like the legs and stools,

 and then beat the hell out of it for a really

distressed finish so the brown shows through.

hmmmmm???

I think I like the set without the distressing.

I think the stool looks much better than the table.
Wild Bill still thinks we should get rid of them.

Plan D: Another coat of white paint on the table

top and legs, paint the rest of the stools, and then

add numbers (I do love numbers) to the

recessed backs of each stool.

Six stools, six grandkids. Each one of them will

have a stool to sit on with the day they were born.

5, 25, 23, 17, 7, 3
(and a 20 on a little rocker for little girl in Heaven)

I like this plan...but we're gonna need

a bigger table!

Plan E...

Joining these lovely parties:


http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com
http://elizabethandco.blogspot.com
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