Trash to Treasures Wednesday: making an elegant foot stool

How many times have you picked out a pair of shoes from your closet and needed a place to sit down to put them on but in a hurry, ended up awkwardly trying to battle with getting them on while still standing.  I’m finding as I get older, it’s getting harder and harder to balance on one foot to manage this feat.

I found the perfect solution in a pile of junk in the basement in the form of a cheap old bar stool from the seventies.  I cut the legs off covered the seat with batting and with minimal sewing of fabric that I had left over from making a headboard (see next Wednesday’s Trash to Treasures). It made the perfect sized stool for inside a walk in closet that was a perfect place to sit down to put on shoes and as an added bonus it matched the headboard giving the bedroom a high end, pulled together, coordinated look.

Take some time to browse your storage/junk room you’ll never know what treasures you might find or what might inspire you.

Visit my website at www.reutershomedesigns.com to see before and after pictures of this quick and easy project.

Next Wednesday: How to make a luxurious headboard.