The first thing I knew that had to change was the height. I wanted low plant stands and two different heights for a layered look. I measured the legs 12″ down from the top and the other one 6″ down.

I marked them and using my Jigsaw I cut the legs one by one on each stool. They were a little uneven but I knew I could even them out when I sanded down the stools.

The stools were very yellowy/orange from their stain so I knew I had to sand them down and re-stain them.

When sanding furniture and wanting to take off poly or paint etc start with a lower grit sanding pad and work your way up to a higher one. I like to start of with 80 grit, then 120, and finish with 220 making it smooth and prepped for stain.

For these stools I started off with Minwax’s Puritan Pine stain but it was a little yellowy still. So I went over with Classic Gray and I loved the look.

What do you think? This was such a quick, easy and inexpensive project and I am so happy the way it turned out.