I love the new-to-me Facebook Marketplace world I recently discovered. I was aimlessly looking through listings when I stumbled upon a listing for five wooden stools for $25. They immediately stopped me in my tracks and I knew I wanted to flip them to sell. I sent a message to the seller who graciously agreed to hold them for me until later in the week when I could pick them up.
Once I got them home I decided that I would split the stools into one set of two and another set of three and sell them separately. I decided I would paint the set of two first and got to work by giving each of the stools a rough sanding. The top of the stools were in good condition so I decided to leave them as is and covered them with Kraft paper and plastic bags to protect them from any potential over spray while working on the legs. I went with Rust-Oleum’s Universal Spray Paint in white for these two stools.
Once the legs were dry, I removed the plastic bags and kraft paper. I placed stencils on top of the stools using painters tape and used a stippling brush to apply several coats of chalk paint to numbers. (Always be sure to do light coats to build up the intensity of your paint, if you go too heavy with the paint it will bleed under the stencil)
Once the numbers dried I sealed the entire stool with Behr wax. I put them up on Marketplace and they sold within the hour! I was so happy that someone loved them and I can’t wait to transform the other three stools.
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