refinishing the bar stools

In our new prettified kitchen, our barstools looked pretty sad. (Ok, they looked a little sad before the kitchen got prettied up, but at least they kind of matched.) I've never refinished furniture before, but I wasn't in the mood to shell out money for new stools, plus a bunch of you convinced me I ought to paint them a punchy aqua or turquoise to add some pizzazz to the black and white kitchen. Here's the barstool evolution:

As I mentioned, I've never refinished any furniture, so I kind of muddled my way through, but it worked!

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