Numbered Stools

Well, I can't really say who inspired this project.  I've seen versions of this all over the Internet. 

Here is my version. 

After remodeling our kitchen, I decided that we really needed some bar stools for our bar area.  I originally wanted bar stools that would match our breakfast table. 

This is a Better Homes and Gardens set from WalMart (looks a LOT like a Pottery Barn version, so I'm always proud to tell people what I DIDN'T pay! lol), and while the matching 29 inch tall bar stools were pretty inexpensive (considering some of the pricey bar stools I've seen elsewhere) at $69 each, they were still $69 each.  I wanted at least 3, so to get those would be around $200 by the time I paid tax.

Soooo... I was in WalMart one day, strolling down the furniture aisle, drooling over the bar stools I ACTUALLY wanted, when I saw this:

It's a beauty, eh?  Okay, well.. not yet.

But, at $19, for a 29 inch stool, it's a pretty good deal.  So, I picked up three.

:)

So at this point I had three inexpensive (yay!) but ugly (boo!) bar stools.

So, I primed them, and painted them with 2 coats of leftover Valspar's Lincoln Cottage Black.

I then distressed the edges and the rungs where your feet would naturally rest.

Nice, but not quite done, right?

The next step was to print out 3 large numbers and I of course went with 1, 2, and 3.

I also printed out a 6, because my five year old (who is obsessed with printers) heard it on and insisted he get a number too.  haha.

I cut out the black part, so that only the white outline remained, like so:

Brodie and his number 6, which while working on, he critiqued me the whole time for cutting my numbers out the wrong way, LOL.

I taped the numbers down like so (I'm sure there are easier ways to do this.. vinyl being one of them, but I don't have the patience to wait when I get an idea in my head.)

I then very carefully stenciled in the numbers.  I did go over them again, with the stencil removed to get a good second coat on them and to clean up the lines.

Ta-Da!

And here they are in their place of honor...  I still need to seal them... but so far a few days worth of hiney action hasn't phased them.

Awesomeness.

Total cost - approximately $20 per stool.  Paint - already had, printed paper stencil, free!

$60.   $9 less than ONE of the stools I originally wanted, and with twice the charm.  :)

Thanks for looking and any comments you might have!