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How To Paint A Garden Stool

  I had so many questions about the rockers and the garden stool after my latest porch post, so that I thought I would show a step by step of how I painted the stool.

                                (This is a re-post of the tutorial I shared two years ago.)

 See the white chinese garden stool. That’s the famous one from Big Lots that was on sale for $14.99.  It needs painting so it will fit in with my porch makeover.  I want to bring in some color as an accent to the house colors, so I am thinking an aqua color.

These are the paints I am going to use.  The aqua color is called Jade and then Emerald Green will give it some character.  The Clear Glaze will seal it when it is painted.

First I took a sanding block and sanded the entire stool down.  I sanded just enough to take part of the shine off and rough up the surface a little bit, then I sprayed the bottom 2/3 of the stool with the aqua color.  When that was dry I sprayed the top and feathered down the sides to meet the jade with the emerald green.

Once it was all dry, I used Min-wax walnut stain and sponged it on over the Emeral green top part and also feathered it into part of the aqua.  This needed to dry for 2 days to really set up, then I finished it with 2 coats of Clear Gloss.

To tie my design together, I made some new pillows in an outdoor fabric with both the aqua, brown and green colors in it.

I added another aqua planter that I already had with a pretty plant and a cute little frog for some whimsy.

The stool is just the perfect size for a couple of glasses of iced tea and fits nicely between the rockers.

The fern makes a great backdrop between the chairs and gives the space a nice lush garden feel.

 I hope this encourages you to paint a ceramic piece to fit your decor too.  This stool has been on the porch for two years and still looks like new.

                                                     

 

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