Dear readers,
We are slowly recovering from the amazing opening of our new South Portland store – thanks so much for all your support!
Erin from the blog Domestic Adventure has graciously shared another of her fabulous Goodwill makeovers with us – read below and be inspired!
A Goodwill Eye: Stool Makeover
It is rare that I go into Goodwill actually searching for a specific item or piece of furniture, but sometimes I am looking for something specific and, amazingly, I am rarely let down. Such was the case when I was hunting for a stool for our first floor bathroom.
There is something about seating in a bathroom that just screams sophisticated to me (seating other than the throne, of course). You’ve seen the chairs in bathrooms pictured in magazines, and in swanky hotels and restaurants. Well, our first floor bath isn’t exactly spacious enough for a chair, but I knew I wanted to include a stool of some sort in the budget bathroom makeover that we have underway.
With my new stool and a bottle of spray paint in hand, I had a pretty new-to-me sapphire stool.
It wasn’t always so pretty, of course. But I knew this dirty old thing had potential.
After removing all of the fabric and giving the piece a good sanding, it was set for a new punch of color that would brighten up the bathroom.
On a gorgeous spring afternoon, I headed outside with my trusty can of spray paint and went to work. The lawn even got a little blue treatment…
A few days of drying in the basement later and my stool was ready for action.
This stool adds some warmth and color to the otherwise cool and clean room, and its overall style lends a bit of traditional to the more modern touches of the our curtains and paint color.
Oh, and I should mention that this little piece was a steal. The piece was marked $9.99, but I got it on a 50% off day for that color sticker! So, with $5.00 for the bench and $4.00 for the spray paint, I spent less than $10.00.
Some days it pays to have a Goodwill eye!
