Spinning Stool Makeover

A while back I was thrift shopping with my very good friend when I ran into an awesome spinning stool. Interestingly enough, I almost walked right by it because it had a huge 8 inch thick foam seat covered in some very stained denim. It also had wire wrapped all around the base of the legs. It was one of those moments where I was in utter shock. Shocked that someone would ever put an 8 inch piece of foam on top of a little stool. Shocked that they would then proceed to wrap tons of wire around the bottom. And completely shocked that this little stool could spin.

That was all I needed to know. We marched up to the cash register, I paid the $10 and proudly went on my way hoping that whatever was beneath that massive amount of foam would be in good condition… Luckily it all was.

So today, I’m sharing this lovely spinning stool and its makeover story, because believe me, it wanted a makeover.

Black Spinning Stool Makeover by The Wood Grain Cottage

Call me a bad blogger or whatever, but I couldn’t even put the stain covered denim and foam in my truck… I ripped it off and never looked back… this is where things starting getting a whole lot better….

Black Spinning Stool Makeover by The Wood Grain Cottage

After letting this guy sit in our garage for a while, I decided to paint him with Carbon from DecoArt’s new Chalky Finish paint line…

Black Spinning Stool Makeover by The Wood Grain Cottage

I only applied one coat…

Black Spinning Stool Makeover by The Wood Grain Cottage

Then I let it dry and gave it a heavy sanding with medium grit sand paper…

Black Spinning Stool Makeover by The Wood Grain Cottage

After I cleaned it off, I applied two coats of the clear creme wax to bring out the darkness in the black and the brown wood tones…

Black Spinning Stool Makeover by The Wood Grain Cottage

I’ve always loved furniture where the dark stained wood was peeking out from beneath the black paint, and this guy shows it off perfectly!

Black Spinning Stool Makeover by The Wood Grain Cottage

And you’d better believe that I sat on this baby and gave it good spin…

Black Spinning Stool Makeover by The Wood Grain Cottage

Anthony may have walked in at that moment and thought I’d entirely lost it…

Black Spinning Stool Makeover by The Wood Grain Cottage

I’m not sure what gave me away…

Black Spinning Stool Makeover by The Wood Grain Cottage

It could have been my squealing… or the huge smile on face… or the wind blowing in my hair…

Black Spinning Stool Makeover by The Wood Grain Cottage

But I think he knew this spinning stool wasn’t going anywhere… And he’d be right!

You can find the new Chalky Finish paint at Home Depot and Michaels! They have so many fun colors to choose from too! Happy Painting!

*This was a sponsored post by DecoArt. However, all opinions about the new Chalky Finish paint and this lovely spinning stool makeover are my own! For my full disclosure policy, click here.

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10 Comments

  1. Shayna, I love this stool! Would this be a good paint for a child’s chair? I was going to spray paint them black. They get a lot of use and are wiped down many times during the week. What are your thoughts? Will the paint hold up?
    Thanks!

  2. What a find!! I have a similar bench like that, and it also spins, the seat is made to be highered or lowered. It was my Mom’s piano stool and now I know exactly what i’m going to do with it!! I love the way yours came out, and I’m also a fan of the Deco Art Chalky paint from Home Depot! Thanks so much for sharing this post and have tons of fun spinning!! One can never be to old to spin!!

  3. OMGosh you are so cute – I can just picture you spinning around and around saying wheeee

    But really – what a great buy.
    My husband and I went to an estate sale on Sunday and found this beautiful drop leaf table and there is not one nail in the entire table – its put together by using dove tales.
    It only cost $60 –

    It look perfect in my husbands office…
    Have a wonderful day.

  4. it looks like it has always been that way, sophisticated and erudite….lovely – but I’d love to have seen the BEFORE pic too! Sounded like a nightmare.

  5. I saw that paint at home depot. I want to try it. How did you apply the wax? I’m never sure how to do that

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