Diy - Wooden Footstep Stool - Vintage Look
Hi friends,
I've been inwards cleaning agency inwards my garage. It's been going for a piece already.
The tools are organized. Checked.
The shelves where I shop lots of stuff are done. Checked.
All the pieces of wood immediately convey a house of their own. Double checked.
But hey, that's just the affair that I've been shuffling around.
I hitting that minute when there's nigh no infinite for some other piece...
The to a greater extent than nosotros build, the to a greater extent than nosotros halt upwards amongst lots of picayune pieces of woods that nosotros don't desire to business office off with.
I ended upwards amongst a skillful total of square-ish pieces of woods when I worked on the shelves inwards my son's room. The ones on the left side of the cart. I needed to produce something amongst them because to a greater extent than combat pieces are coming every day! Hmm, that's when this projection started.
Building a Step stool amongst a vintage look.
Besides paint, the vintage await came amongst the improver of the scalloped apron. That slice came off from a hutch I transformed long agone - details here.
Since I built this stair stool amongst repurposed materials, I'm non going to hand y'all a detailed tutorial. I'm giving y'all lots of details equally good the measurements, a keen agency to replicate whatsoever projection -IMO. ;)
Cut the move past times board to size in addition to circular the corners. Set aside.
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| miter saw |
Draw the blueprint on the legs, in addition to using a jigsaw, cutting it out.
The scalloped apron reduce was also cutting on a 10° amongst the shortest indicate at 16¾".
The connecting pieces were attached amongst gum in addition to bag hole joinery. Their outer side has to move cutting on an angle too.
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| Ryobi Cordless Drill |
Almost done.
Time to add together the move past times board.
-Place the move past times board correct side down. Center the stool base of operations on it in addition to describe all some it's perimeter.
-Take away the base of operations in addition to brand the predrills on the move past times board for where the screws volition move driven.
-Flip the move past times board in addition to countersink each of those holes.
-Finally, laid the move past times board on the stool base of operations in addition to drive the screws from the move past times down.
After caulking in addition to sanding all around, this is how the picayune stair looked.
Yep, gear upwards for paint.
I start gave it a coat of ASCP - Graphite.
Then, I used a mix of ASCP - Florence in addition to Duck Egg Blue equally a move past times coat, merely Vaseline was used to hand it that distressed, onetime feel.
After the start coat of pigment is dry, rub Vaseline on those areas that larn to a greater extent than wear, or are to a greater extent than probable to larn chipped, similar corners in addition to edges. Apply the move past times coat, allow it dry out fully, thence using a slice of cloth, create clean the Vaseline off the wood.
I sealed the entire stool amongst clear in addition to night wax.
And here, is my picayune "Vintage stair stool". :)
Don't y'all honey stair stools? They remind me of my grandmother, she used to convey 2 that she used all the time.
Well, this is non my start stair stool in addition to for sure, it's non going to move the terminal one... I even thence convey enough of stuff to create me some more! :)
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