Make Mine Eclectic

Another Project Finally Finished

March 20, 2009 at 9:50 am (Projects) (antique, bench, black, diy, eclectic, fabric, funky, home, house, Inspiration, new, old, project, recover, red, redo, retro, seat, stool, swirl, update, white)

Remember that little stool with the opening lid I got from my grandma a few months ago? It has been on my to do list to redo the stool for a while now, and it is finally finished. See the before here:  http://www.makemineeclectic.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/new-little-project/

I took the lid off, which actually made recovering and painting much easier, and ripped up the fabric. I tacked down new fabric and replaced the old black backing since it was still in good shape. Backing helps cover the ugly seems when they are on something like this, as the lid being lifted will constantly expose this back area. I then sanded and painted the wood bottom, put the top back on, and TaDa!

Much better, don’t you think!?