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I guess I’ve always been a DIY girl at heart. Apparently, I take after my mother, who had spray paint in her bloodstream – or that’s what I hear, at least. She was always crafty and creative – I guess I did get that from her (along with attitude and looks).

My wedding in 2004 was largely DIY – by choice. This was back in the day before Pinterest too! I had The Knot and that’s about it. Anyway, my aunt lived in Boerne (near San Antonio) at the time, and invited me and my friends down for a “DIY Bachelorette Weekend” a couple of months before my wedding. We made tomato cage centerpieces (I still love those things), wreaths, and these vanity stools. I still remember the paint color that we were all so in love with – Kalamata by Martha Stewart. So of course, we painted the legs in that color. I found fabric that matched and was my style at the time, and that was a really easy project.

Now, in 2012, my style has changed. A lot. I still love the fabric and paint on the original stools, but they don’t match anything in my house anymore. Enter hot pink spray paint and polka dot fabric. HUGE difference.

Two coats of spray paint later, I think she’s ready. Seeing as how it is over 100 degrees here in Texas, it doesn’t take too long to dry. It dries pretty much immediately, which is good for people like me who need instant gratification.

Hi, look who needs to mow the yard/driveway. Pardon our crappy, crappy rent house foundation.

I just left the old fabric on the stool because it’s going to get thrown away anyway, and let’s face it, I’m lazy and didn’t really think about it until after I started going crazy with the spray paint. My neighbor drove by while I was painting and shook her head at me (she doesn’t like me because I make not so subtle comments about her and her white trash family on the regular – I’ve never seen a family yell at each other that much, seriously). If I were a mean person, I would go tag her ugly minivan with some leftover hot pink spray paint – that would make a great post, huh? She probably doesn’t like hot pink spray paint, although I’m not sure how she thinks she can judge – her house is yellow and blue and has those 80’s ducks everywhere. It’s lovely, really.

Anyway, back on topic.

I’m reusing the foam that was on the stool already, because it’s still in good shape. I cut the polka dot fabric larger than the seat, because it has to wrap around and be stapled to the bottom of the stool.

Iron the fabric, wrap it around, staple it to the bottom – complete!

Well, I found out that I pretty much suck at the stapling of fabric to a rectangular piece of wood, so don’t look too closely. Apparently it is not a good idea to approach it like wrapping a gift box, but oh well. I’ll be a little more precise with the second one, I just wanted to get this one finished! Looking at the picture, I can now see a few spots I missed, so I will be touching up a little bit once I take my butt to Home Depot for more spray paint.