striped nautical stool revamp
Remember when we inherited a whole slew of decor + furniture from our grandparents? Well in the lot of vintage pieces were these cute wooden twin stools, perfect for the bathroom to help our littles reach the faucet… or so we thought! Over the past few years my shiny lacquered stool has chipped away from water damage and now shows flakes of lacquer missing. I have been wanting to paint it for some time and decided to jump on the nautical striped trend so with the help of FrogTape, Kristi and I revamped this little stool in under 15 minutes. (Yes, we said fifteen minutes. We even have a video to prove it. Haha!)
Here’s a quick before!
To avoid sanding (we’re “lazy crafters” as we admitted in the video below! LOL) we used a thin layer of DecoArt’s chalky paint. Take a peek!
We then free handed an anchor over the stripes to finish off the nautical look we were going for:
Of course we cannot resist distressing the edges of furniture a bit (it’s a sickness, really. ha!) but after the anchor was dry we sanded over the entire stool a bit (to blend the flakey lacquer with the paint) and over the edges of the stripes. We also sanded the stool legs a bit to match.
Why do we love FrogTape® so much? Why is it so awesome and dare we say, the BEST painters tape ever? Yes we do say that and you know why? FrogTape® is the only painter’s tape treated with PaintBlock® Technology. (Psst! PaintBlock is a super-absorbent polymer which reacts with latex paint and instantly gels to form a micro-barrier that seals the edges of the tape… which means it prevents paint bleed. Aka: awesome for lazy crafters like us!)
So what DIY project could you create using FrogTape®? For TONS of creative ideas and inspiration, check out FrogTape® how-to and tweet with them on Twitter!
Looks fantastic! I would love it if you joined and contribute your awesome posts at my link party at City of Creative Dreams on Fridays 😀 Hope to see you there at City of Creative Dreams Link Party.
You have to submit this for our May Thrift Challenge!!
What a cute little stool! I love what you did – the stripes and anchor are darling!
This is so adorable! Great job. 🙂
Ha ha Delaney is hilar!
And wow I am impressed with that new Frog tape. Gotta try it out in Saira’s ceiling!!!
Sair’s ceiling… hint hint, right?! 😀 It’s awesome and we’ll bring it when we help you w/ it!!
This is so adorable, I want one! Pinned 🙂 I’d love it if you shared this over at The Makers link party going on at my blog, UpcycledTreasures.com
Have a beautiful day!
~Katie
I LOVE this little stool! So fun! It makes me want to find one that I can redo. It was fun seeing you girls last weekend.
Aww super cute! I love anything nautical.
That stool looks really great when you’re finished with it. Nice job!
Super cute!! I love the colors with the stripes and anchor. Love it 🙂
Very cute; I love anything nautical and this is a great little project with natural colors! And yes, I DO love my frog tape. Our walls are extremely heavily textured in our home and it is virtually impossible to get a clean line from anything when we paint. I found frog tape and I cannot even begin to describe the joy I felt from having bleed free paint, even on these walls. It’s my hero of tapes. 🙂
Love your blog!
That is awesome! LOL We are also Frog Tape fans now and find it hard to use anything else. Yay for awesome tape! 😉