| Step Stool and Wall Hanging |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-116 |
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You've heard of alley cats. Well, now there's "Alley Kitty" Bartholomew, host of HGTV's Ask Kitty. She rescues a rusty step stool from the alley and restores it to almost new. (It's a big hit with Alley Kitty's own alley cat too.) Then she hangs pieces of an old, broken bicycle in a student's dorm room as a storage rack for athletic equipment and clothing. Step Stool Materials:
Old metal stool
1/4 yard fabric
Hot-glue gun and glue
WD-40B. silicone spray
Spray enamel paint
Scissors
Cloth
Newspapers
Steel wool, if necessary
Soapy water
Scrub brush, if necessary
Screwdriver, if necessary
- Place the stool on newspapers, and clean it with soapy water. If it's exceptionally dirty or rusty, use a scrub brush or steel wool.
- If the stool has a removable seat and back, remove them before painting. The seat may snap off if you push from the bottom, or it may be screwed on. The back can usually be taken off by removing some screws.
- Spray the entire stool, top and bottom, with enamel paint. Follow manufacturer's instructions for proper ventilation and cleanup. It's usually best to apply several light coats of paint.
- Kitty covered the seat and back with fabric. Cut a piece of fabric about 1" larger than the seat all around. Place the seat upside down in the center of the wrong side of the fabric. Run a bead of hot glue around the back edge of the seat. Pull the excess fabric up around the seat, and press it onto the glue. Work all around the bottom, pulling the fabric snugly over the seat. Screw the seat back onto the stool. Cover the back the same way.
Bicycle Wall Hanging Kitty took a bicycle apart and attached some of the parts to a wall in a college student's room, where they now serve as racks from which to hang sports equipment and clothing. She began by dismantling the bicycle. If the pieces don't come apart easily, soak them in oil or WD-40 to lubricate the joints. Kitty removed the handlebars and painted them. She then mounted them upside down to a piece of wood and attached the wood to the wall. She painted the bike pedals different colors and hung them on the wall. One holds a tennis racket and the other a sports bag. Kitty hung one of the bike's wheels on the wall and poked baseball hats between the spokes. She also found an old rake in the trash, removed the tool end, spray-painted it and hung it on the wall. It now holds hats, baseball mitts and jackets.
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