"dog"-gone great!

Remember this little ole' stool that I blogged about a few weeks ago...my mystery project that was going to be "dog"-gone great! Well, it is!

I went from this unused stool that I never propped my big feet on...

to this fully-functioning dog bowl station.

Itn't puuurrrrrty!?! ;  ) Who would've thunk you could get that from a stool...me, of course!

Wanna make your own. Here's the breakdown:

Forewarning, there are a gazillion pics included for this tutorial, even though this project is easy-schmeezy!

Start with a stool, antique or not.

Gently pry off fabric covering with a flat head screwddriver.

Peel back fabric layer to discover nasty mold. Ewww.... And then put on thick hospital gloves to keep you from catching some kind of weird disease.

Ask the kitty to come on over and give her opinion about paint color options. ;  )

Take an extreme closeup pic of the beautiful nailheads that held the fabric on, which you later discover can't be reused because they are so old...they just break apart. :  (

Once you get the fabric off, gently pry off the top and get a feel for what you are working with...

a cracked top. No bueno in this case. Make a home depot trip for a new board top.

Annnnnnndddd...after your trip to Home Depot, in which they cut the boards for you, check out how it's going to fit. 

Attach with a hand held staple gun and penny nails...not staples.

Measure where you want your dog bowls to sit and trace the outer rim for both bowls.

Using your husband's power drill or using your husband's power to drill... 

drill two pilot holes for your jig saw.

 

Use your jig saw to cut two larger holes...

that are about a 1/2 inch smaller than the circle you traced.

Take note of the the huge mess you created in the yard for this one project!

Forget to take pics of yourself painting the dog bowl station... .... .......... ......

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and here you have it!

Surprise! (Like you didn't see it in the beginning of this post...)

A dog bowl station!

It's "dog"-gone great, isn't it!?!

Macie loves it, so that's all that matters!

Can't you just see the excitement in her eyes. Yeah, me too! ;  )

The LORD is good to all: and His tender mercies are over all His works.~Psalm 145:9