Kitchen Bar Stools

The kitchen in our home has a counter that is also a bar, so I was glad when I stumbled upon three bar stools at the local Goodwill. Although we have a dining room table, we prefer to eat at the counter and sit on our stools. It just seems like more fun! I've changed out the fabric on the seats of the stools a couple times, but I recently changed them up a bit more with some paint. So I thought these stools would be perfect to share for the Upcycle Challenge Blog Hop. After checking out my stools, I hope you'll stop by my blogging friends' blogs to see what they found at their local thrift stores.

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A couple years ago I bought the set of 3 kitchen bar stools at the local GoodWill. This is how the stools looked when I first purchased them. I did not like the fabric at all, and the seats were dirty.

 See.... The seats are dirty. I can't let my family sit on that!

The first time I gave the seats new fabric, I chose fabric that matched my kitchen decor at the time. I had apples, pears, and grapes as the theme of my kitchen. So this fabric matched my kitchen decor very well.

I bought this fabric bundle, and I thought it would be fun to cover the seats in coordinating fabrics instead of using the same fabric on each seat.

Here are the stools after I changed the fabric on the seats.

Later on, I decided to change the decor in my kitchen, and it had a new color scheme of black, white, red, and blue. So the seats needed a new makeover. 

This fabric is one of my faves! It's call Vintage Desktop. At first, I just changed out the fabric on the seats, but after a while, my two precious and messy kiddos made the fabric really dirty, so I decided to recover the seats, but this time I added vinyl over the fabric to protect it. I had to protect the fabric since I believe it has been discontinued. I used my last bit of this fabric to recover the seats. It's not a "kitchen" fabric, but the colors match my kitchen decor perfectly. And I love the styled fabric.

During this makeover process, I decided to paint the stools. Since the fabric is black, white, red, and blue, I really wanted to paint the stools black, so I did! I used black chalkboard paint.

Here's a glimpse at my kitchen. The fabric on the stools matches the fabric I used to make my kitchen curtain. I'm happy with how the stools turned out, and I wish I had painted them sooner!