A while back I bought these cute barstools off of ksl. Right away I knew that I wanted to eventually refinish them. This last week I was able to do just that! I looked on Pinterest for different ideas on how to go about painting them and I found this tutorial that I really liked. After looking through the tutorial I decided that I wanted to paint my barstools a fun color too so I did just that! I'll walk you through the steps of my barstool makeover!
So here is the before picture! You can see that one of the barstools is a little taller than the other... but that's okay, Jon and I like them! So before I started anything I just washed both of the barstools with a wet cloth and then let them dry.
After they were all dry I used a deglosser liquid to get the shine off and then sanded the barstools.
Sanding these puppies was definitely the hardest and most annoying part of this whole project. I probably should have taken more time to sand them down more, but that's okay, it all worked out!
After sanding I washed them off again to get all of the dust off. After this, I went to the store and debated on what crazy color to paint the chairs... after much time in the paint aisle, I decided to be brave and go with a pistachio green color! I bought the spray paint, went home, and put on the first coat...
And then a second coat...
And then for my favorite part...I sanded some of the edges of both barstools and stained them a little bit here and there to give them an antique look.
And then to finish them off, I sprayed a clear matte finish on top to seal my work off! Here is the after picture of the colorful barstools in our kitchen:
I am really happy with the way they turned out! I love that pistachio color, it is pretty bright and crazy but it is so fresh and springy! If you walk into our apartment now, you will notice them right away because they are just so bright compared to the rest of our apartment!
Now that they are finished, I have to think of something else to fix up or make! Let me know if you have made anything fun and cute lately!
Hope you are doing well!
