Easy DIY Stool Idea – Farmhouse Style

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How to make your own farmhouse style wooden stool with an antique patina by using paint and stain in this DIY stool idea.

Most of the fun in decorating for me comes from trying to find interesting pieces that give our home character. I guess that’s why I love vintage and antique pieces so much because they are usually worn in such a perfect way and have a great patina.

One of the things that I’m drawn to is the look of these old fashioned farmhouse milking stools. They are great for adding height to your vignettes and character to your space.  My dad gave me this one…

 

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It has a patina you only get from layers and layers of paint and real use and I love using it in different rooms in our home for everyday decorating and for holidays.

So when I saw a fellow blogger on Pinterest post a project where she made one from a kitchen stool I thought, oh my gosh, what a great idea!  Fast forward to a garage sale this summer where I saw this stool for $5 and I knew I had the perfect project for it with my own spin on it, of course.  🙂

 

 

DIY Farmhouse Stool - how to makeover an ordinary wooden stool farmhouse style - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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What you need to make your own wooden footstool…

Start by deciding how high you want the stool to be then mark on the stool where you want to cut it. We chose just above the bottom rung and we marked it with a sharpie.

 

DIY Farmhouse Stool - kitchen stool makeover - cutting the legs down - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

Hubby started out by using the handsaw to cut the leg off but it was hard to hold so he went with the Sawzall instead. It was much quicker. A handsaw will definitely work, you’ll just need to clamp the stool really well.

 

DIY Farmhouse Stool - kitchen stool makeover - cutting the legs with a hand saw - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

Either saw will leave the cut a bit rough so you’ll need to sand it down. I used the palm sander for this. Truth be told, it’s hard to get it completely flat and even but I have a solution for that.

 

DIY Farmhouse Stool - stool makeover - cutting the legs down - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

This picture is not the greatest because it looks like it’s not flat, but it is. 🙂 I just wanted you to be able to see the color and height before the paint goes on.

 

DIY Farmhouse Stool - Stool Makeover Stool cut down - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

How to get the antiqued patina on your diy footstool.

I wanted to create a look of layered paint over time so the plan was to do just that, layer the paint. I started with a light, sporadic coat of white spray paint.

 

DIY Farmhouse Stool makeover - first layer of white paint - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

And then gave it a coat of black spray paint.

 

DIY Farmhouse Stool - second layer of paint - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

After I took this picture, I gave it a bit more black paint as I wanted that to be more prevalent. Once the paint dries thoroughly, you can start sanding. If you do this too soon, the paint will gunk up in the sander. Yes, gunk is a word, LOL.

 

DIY Farmhouse Stool - sanding the layers of paint to create a worn look - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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Wipe down the stool to remove all of the dust. Now it’s time to apply the stain. I chose my go to Early American by Minwax. Wow, can you tell how much I’ve used this stain??

 

DIY Farmhouse Stool - prepping for stain - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

Almost done with this DIY wooden footstool…

 

DIY Farmhouse Stool - adding stain to age the finish - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

You can see here how the stain brings out the wood underneath and also highlights the black paint.

 

DIY Farmhouse Stool - new patina - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

So this simple DIY project came out as I had hoped. It’s not exactly like the inspiration but I’m ok with that because it’s still one of a kind.

 

DIY Farmhouse stool - new patina created with paint and stain - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

The beauty is, you can do this with any color paint. Imagine how pretty this would be with green spray paint or red for Christmas!  (hmm, another project in my future perhaps? :))

 

DIY Farmhouse stool makeover - new time worn patina with paint and stain - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

You can see DIY stool ideas here –  kitchen stool makeover here and my upholstered footstool here and  milking stool makeover here.

 

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How do you add character to your space? I hope you’re inspired to make your own DIY stool or maybe this project inspired you for another project you thought of while visiting. I truly appreciate you stopping by!

Happy DIY’ing!

Col

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