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Decoupage a Stool

Learn how to Mod Podge a stool with scrapbook! This small furniture piece has a unique patchwork effect.
Prep Time15 minutes
Active Time2 hours 45 minutes
Dry Time2 hours
Total Time5 hours
Yield: 1 stool
Cost: $10

Equipment

Materials

Instructions

  • Make a template of your stool using the tracing paper. Lay the tracing paper over the top of the stool and rub around the edge with the pencil to create your pattern. This helps you cut the scrapbook paper accurately later.
  • Paint the unfinished wood stool with white acrylic paint. Give the entire thing with several coats and let dry. Then measure up several inches on each leg and tape them off with painter's tape.
    Taping off the leg of a stool with blue painter's tape
  • Paint several layers of the paint color of your choice onto the legs, and then remove the painter's tape. Touch up in the areas you need to and let dry.
    Stool leg being painted with neon pink paint
  • Choose the papers that you are going to patchwork. You need to cut your paper into 32, 2-inch squares. The paper cutter makes this really easy . . . but you can also use a craft knife and ruler if you don't have a paper cutter.
    Using a paper cutter on a piece of floral scrapbook paper
  • Once you are done, use Scotch tape to make 4 row of 6 paper squares, and 2 additional rows of 4 squares. Tape on the BACK of the paper. My cutting wasn't perfect, so I had to trim down the paper strips to the 2" width to make them fit together nicely. You can still do this with a ruler and craft knife.
    Trimming down paper strips with a paper cutter
  • Turn the strips over and tape them all together to make a large mat. Tape the strips of 4 paper squares at each end.
    Using Scotch tape to piece together squares of scrapbook paper
  • Place the template on top of the paper and use the painter's tape to attach it. Cut the circle from the scrapbook paper using the scissors.
    Stool top template taped down to scrapbook paper
  • Add Mod Podge to the top of the stool - don't be stingy - and smooth down the paper on top of the stool. Smooth carefully and wipe away any decoupage medium that squeezes out the side. Let dry 15 - 20 minutes.
    Applying Mod Podge to the top of a wood stool
  • Decoupage over the top with Mod Podge and let dry. Let dry and give it a few more coats over the entire stool. Let dry before using.
    Applying Mod Podge to the top of the scrapbook paper

Notes

I'm going to be honest, taping off round legs wasn't easy for me. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I just taped all the way around and then used pieces of painter's tape to fill in.