Do-It-Yourself Diva

Posted on May 11th, 2011 in Antiques Diva by toma

Dear Diva Readers,

While at a flea market in France a while back I ran across these simple footstools which had been recovered with a French postal sack.  Though they weren’t in particularly good condition I was smitten with them and snapped a picture for my Diva Idea file.

Before long I noticed that my footstool I use to prop my feet in my office chair was looking beyond tired and this seemed like the perfect Do-It-Yourself Diva project!

I dug into my basket of fabrics, tissues and remnants and pulled out a money bag I’d bought at a garage sale 13 years ago at a flea market in Cleveland, Ohio.  My husband and I lived and worked in Cleveland for only a short time but it was a particularly sweet time in our life – a time we remember with great fondness.  And though I have decorated my home with souvenirs from cities around the world somehow I don’t have an item of Ohio décor chez moi!

I carefully cut the bag down the center of the reverse side, gave it a good washing and then set about starching the bag into submission. 

I flipped the footstool over and removed its legs and got out my staple gun and went to town!!

In the words of Emeril Lagasse – BAM!

And in no time at all – Voila! – my own chic little footstool was born!!

With that little project done, I was ready to sit down and write another blog – with my tootsies resting on their “new” old footstool!

Project Basics:

Supplies Needed:

• Footstool in need of recovering
• Fabric (a bank bag, postal sack or other ephemera)
• Staple gun & staples

Skill Level:
None.  You won’t even nick your manicure.

Time:
½ hour

The Antiques Diva®
(who is today calling herself “The Do-It-Yourself Diva”!)

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