these before and afters are all about green: a green backyard and some seriously bright green paint. first up is taryn, who decided to spruce up a friend’s walkway in pittsburgh. taryn and her friend wanted to give the walkway an organic feel so taryn ended up making a succulent stencil and painting the entire walkway with bright white blooms. such a cheery way to brighten up the yard. thanks, taryn!
green paint is next on the agenda. kristin from waking beauty designs inherited a few beat up pieces of furniture from her brother’s recently purchased home (which came with furniture he chose not to keep). kristin found this little stool (with a tj maxx tag still attached) and decided to clean it up with some bright colors and new fabric. i haven’t been to tj maxx since elementary school but just hearing about that store makes me happy- i used to love to rummage through our local tj for inexpensive pieces. looks like they’re still carrying good cheap basics that are perfect for a diy project. thanks to kristin for sharing!
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wow, what a difference the stencil makes, love it! what kind of paint was used?
How much do I love that bird stool?! I think I saw that ugly little stool in TJMaxx, LOL!! Seriously, good makeover!
Love the green!
Wow! It’s so cool to see my little footstool in the Before and Afters on my fave design site! Yippee!
I love the walkway makeover! I actually did the same thing but I didn’t use a stencil, now I wish I would have! The stool is such a punch of fun, love it!
great job on the stool and *LOVE* that acid lime… where’s the paint from??
This is very cute, I like this.
great fabric choice for the stool! Love it.
i love the green color!
love the stool!
Not into the walkway — it looks like a random afterthought.
Swooning over that walkway. I did something similar when I lived in Edmonton, AB but because of the low winter temperatures after 3 years it peeled in places. I wonder how that would work here in the South.
I adore that stool! The green is so fresh. What a difference a little fabric and paint can make!
Love the walkway! Cute space.
Yeah for taryn! It is such a pleasure to see her name in writing! plus, the flowers are adorable.
Could you link us to the stencil you created? Maybe you have it in a pdf format? I just love it!
The Stenicl is an original drawing from Amy Garbark – the one whose walkway we stenciled – so she would have to okay the PDF – I will bring it to her attention. – We just created different sizes of it and then cut it out with an exacto – you could do it with ANY type of design.
well tell her it’s beautiful and the less artistic peeps in the world would love to use it on their own walkways…
Love the idea of painting flowers on a boring walkway! That stool transformation is amazing too!
The stool is fantastic…I love how a coat of paint can bring out great carved details.
Sophie,
The paint is just a spray paint I picked up from Home Depot. :-) I love the color!
Taryn walkway is so marvelous and so is Kristie’s stool. Although sh ehas changed its paint color to a very bright green but stills it looking funky. :)
wow!
the stool is amazing!
stool is awesome! can you give some how-to details?
The stool has come to LIFE! I love it!
beautiful, my english not so good but love your feeling ???
The stool is so fun!!! Can you please share where the fabric is from and/or how it can be purchased? Thank you.
Heather, I bought the fabric on Etsy, from a shop called fabricsupplies (they were great, super fast shipping). The fabric itself is designed by Tina Givens and is called Treetop in Sky (there are several other great color options).
Banu, here’s a how-to. It was really easy! I started by disassembling the stool, it was put together with hinges screwed into the top and bottom. I unscrewed the upholstered top, then put that aside. I lightly sanded and painted the base (it takes 2 or 3 coats). While I was waiting for the paint to dry, I cut a piece of fabric larger than the upholstered cushion, ironed the fabric and used a staple gun to adhere it to the original cushion. (I just covered up the old upholstery, I didn’t bother removing it). You have to be careful that you don’t cover up the holes that you need to reassemble the footstool. Then I just waited until the paint was dry, and screwed it back together. Ta da!
SOOOOO MUCH lust-worthy stuff here!
Stool looks great…love the colors and the fabric.
The little stool is so cute! I really love the fabric she chose :)
I love the walkway! The stencil design is so cool! I am now inspired to do the same to my backyard.
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