Pastel DIY wooden stool

Okay I think this may be my best stool yet - hurrah! I was a little scared to sit on it but Ben tested it out, full weight and all, giving it a two thumbs up. I think it might be similar to sewing something when you're not super confident in your stitches and you become fearful the whole thing will fall apart when you wear it :p Despite personally avoiding sitting on this stool (just yet) it has been diligently supporting my bathroom supplies for at least a week now with no issue :)

I ended up coating it with a satin vanish, I didn't really want to because I love the raw wood look but knowing it was going to live in a wet location, aka the bathroom and seeing how the paint on the legs chipped in its previous carnation, I decided that varnish was a sensible choice. If someone can recommend a sealer that doesn't leave a sealed look let me know! I also went to town with the sanding and the filling, it was a labour of love which took around three weeks on and off. Colour choice was hard but whilst looking through our paint collection a can of pastel pink stood out to me :)  I also left the upper legs the same colour from before but touched them up before applying the sealer.

I dug up these old photos above to show the stool's crazy progression! It actually started out as the $5 bucket stool challenge. I think I really mixed the cement wrong (too dry I'm guessing) because it literally started to crumble (not cool!). So I did a dramatic smashing of the stool and saved the legs. I then, had this awesome idea of how I would attach a wood top instead.

Don't copy this idea :p I probably should have googled it or listened to Ben "are you sure that's going to work?" because it didn't work, well it did for 6 months or so but was definitely not sturdy and started to degrade! The new stool is awesome though, because like my previous stool I actually drilled into the wood and this time at a slight angle.

Maybe next time I might make the angle a little on the lesser side but hey, it's all a learning process and it's been super fun.  It was also warming to get to take a picture of my three completed stools together side by side complete with a photobomb from Peaches.

I've got a few nice branches to make another stool but no top yet - there's been talk of Ben buying me a chainsaw as a gift :) :)


Here's a link to helpful guide to get you started on your own stool making!