Child's Color-Filled Stool
Posted by DecoArt on Mar 20th 2014
Use fun patterns and bold designs to add character and whimsey to a child-sized stool.
SUPPLIES
- water container
- palette or plastic plate
- paper towels
- ruler
- pencil
- wooden stool
- fine-grit sandpaper
- round object for tracing
- #2 liner brush
- #4 chisel brush
- 1/2" flat brush
INSTRUCTIONS
NOTES:
Let dry between steps.
- Use a ruler and a pencil to trace a round object approximately 8" in diameter on center of stool top.
- Draw a diamond pattern in the center of the circle using a pencil and a ruler. (Diamonds are 3" by 1-1/2".)
- With 1/2" flat brush, paint half of the diamonds with Escape and half with Treasure to make the desired pattern.
- Paint area outside the diamonds with New Life using 3/4" flat brush.
- Using #2 liner brush, draw a Carbon circle around the diamond-patterned circle.
- Measure 1/2 the way down the stool top edge and find the center. Draw circle around the perimeter using a pencil.
- Using 1/2" flat brush, paint Everlasting squares in a circle above and below the pencil line, creating a checkerboard effect.
- Fill in other squares with Carbon using 1/2" flat brush.
- Using 1/2" flat brush, paint very top and very bottom sections of legs with Rouge.
- Paint the center, largest section of legs Treasure using 3/4" flat brush.
- Using 1/2" flat brush, paint the small area above Rouge with New Life.
- With #2 liner brush, paint a thin Rouge strip at the top of the Treasure section.
- Paint the remaining area of the legs with Carbon.
- Using #4 chisel brush, paint Everlasting vertical stripes around Carbon area of the legs.
- Paint random polka dots on Treasure section of legs using Escape and #4 chisel brush.
- Using #4 chisel brush, paint random polka dots of Everlasting in the New Life border on the stool top.
- Using fine grit sandpaper, sand lightly to distress.
- Seal entire stool with with Light Satin Varnish.