The legs came off pretty easily, as they were screwed on. Here is a close-up shot of one of the legs before I sand blasted them:
I used my husband's sandblaster to remove the finish from all four legs. This process took merely minutes as opposed to hand sanding. I can't imagine the time it would have taken to get into all the little crevices to remove the old finish. Here is a shot of me using the ultra-cool sand blaster:
Here is a close up of one of the legs after I sand blasted it:
Before and after again. What a difference!
I washed the sand blasted legs and gave them plenty of time to air dry before I started filling the cracks with wood putty.
This was a little tricky. I put some wood putty in a plastic baggie, snipped off the end and gently squeezed the putty into the cracks. I used paintable and stainable wood putty by Elmer's. Once the cracks were filled and the putty was dry, I sanded off the rough edges.
After the putty was good and dry and clean of any rough edges, I used Krylon's Satin Black to spray them. I used several light coats, allowing about an hour between coats for drying.
I really wanted the detail to show through on these legs, so I distressed them using my Dremel tool.
I removed the old fabric from the stool and preserved the original stuffing since it was in pretty decent shape. I looked at several on-line fabric stores for just the right fabric. I selected Waverly's Pen Pal Parchment, which features a neutral background and black French script. It has a classic feel to it that could easily fit in with several different types of decor. Here is the finished product: I'm digging it!
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