Pink and Gold Glam Foot Stool Makeover

 

 

A llloonnnggg time ago I found this little foot stool at a thrift store. It had great bones and just needed a little TLC...and a vision.

 

 

 

So first things first, I had to remove the ugly stained fabric....

 

 

 

And the dull brass tacks.

Once she was stripped down to her bare bones I could then build her back up with her new look.

The cream color was a bit dull and needed some zing

 (like that word? ...zing.)

 

So I chose a metallic gold paint to add some sparkle to this glamor girl, but not be overpowering.

 

This stuff is awesome!

It adds a subtle metallic look and is perfect for small projects like this.

Normally I don't paint with metallic paint 

(had bad experiences with the metallic spray paints) but this time I decided to give it a try and I love how it turned out.

 

I simply dry brushed it on for a light sheer coverage.

 

 

 

And the paint went perfectly with this fabric I stumbled across at Hoblob!

And I used upholstery tacks to secure it to the bench.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a bit difficult to line up the tacks and I had to redo some of them but once I got going it all went a lot smoother.

 

 

 

 

So now she's glam and fabulous!

 

I love this pink fabric and how it looks with the metallic gold paint.

 

 

Here is the before and after:

 

 

Much better!

 

 

 

 

Jennifer

 

 

 

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