Furniture Rehab: Stripping Wood Stool Legs

[classiclindsey]

lepapillonvert asked me to share this over here (originally from my blog) since it might help out some DIYers in this neck of the woods.

I recently found this mid-century stool at an estate sale and my husband finagled it down to $5. We of course took it home and I have set out to peel away the layers of grime and dated finishes to make it lovely again.

Comments

[classiclindsey]

Good call! I have 2 mid-century chairs with round tapered legs I'm nervous about starting. Might have to give this a try.

[k_bo]

AWESOME! I can't wait to see what you do with the upholstery - definitely on my list of things to try.

[mercyb]

Thank you for sharing this process! I'm adding it to my Memories. I have some refinishing projects to do but I've lacked motivation to research how to DIY them. I needed great instructions and photos of the process to fall into my lap, err, onto my Friends page, to motivate me. Noting briansiano's suggestions in the comments as well!

[curieuse]

Looks nice!

[jme718]

Ooo. Looks fabulous. We have a pair of bent-plywood armchairs needing some refinishing as well. Too bad I can't just pop the arms off like you did for the stool.