Painted Vintage Style Wood Stool

Remember last month  Mr. DIY made me a cute wood stool. Our daughter really liked it, so I gave that one to her and Mr. DIY made me another one. 

I had him change up a few of the dimensions  on the second stool. 

The inspiration for my stool came from this cute one I found on Etsy.

Old Stuff Love on Etsy

This was the first stool Mr. DIY made for me. 

 If you would like to see how we made the stool, you can see it HERE.

The second stool has  two difference from the first one; the skirt on the new one is  1 1/2" high instead of 2" and the legs were moved out a half an inch more on either side.  

 I mixed up some black and light grey paint I already had.

Both stools were made from scrap wood we had in the garage. I'm hoping we have more scrap wood in the garage because I could use a few more of these.

Do you use stools around your house? 

(I'm only 5ft 4" tall and I seem to always need one.) 

Pam

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How To Make A Wood Stool

I found this super cute  red stool on Etsy and  pinned it to my Mountain Cottage board on Pinterest. The stool isn't available anymore, but I showed it to Mr. DIY with a big hint that I would love one.

Old Stuff Love on Etsy

He said he had some left over pieces of 1 x 10's and after consulting with me about the measurements he cut out the pieces.

Isn't he wonderful?

His large Kreg Jig was at the Mountain Cottage, so he made a trip to Lowe's and bought a mini Kreg Jig Pocket hole kit. Making pocket holes is a great way to hide screws so they aren't visible on top of the stool, plus they make it really sturdy.

Here are all the pieces laid out with the pocket holes all drilled.

The pieces are put together this way:

Attach one skirt to the top

attach both legs to the top and skirt

attach the last skirt

attach the stretcher

Here's how the underside looks:

Here's the final product...

The measurements of the top: 9 1/4" x 14"

                                         skirts: 2" x 14" 

                                         legs: 6 5/8" tall x 7 3/4" wide

                                         stretcher: 2 3/8" x 8 1/2"

                                         notch in leg: 3" tall by 4" wide

When our daughter saw the stool all put together she thought it was so cute that she asked her dad to make one. :)

I think  I will give this stool to our daughter to paint and have Mr. DIY make me one with slightly different measurements.

Now, what color should our daughter paint it?

This stool will be going in her bedroom. 

You can see her bedroom HERE.

The next stool will be for the upstairs bathroom at the mountain cottage. 

If you'd like to see the finished wood stool painted, click HERE.

Pam

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