How to make a small wood stool.

Step 2 Cut the legs & trim to length.

I cut the strips for the legs 7-1/2" long which will make the total height of the stool 9" tall with the surface area since that is actually two 3/4" boards that will be glued together. Since I am also gluing two strips together for each leg it requires a total of 8. Since I have cut the strips 1-1/2" wide they will be 1-1/2" square once glued together. The bracing trim which will be used to surround the legs underneath the top I cut to 14-3/4" x 9-1/4". This leaves about 1/2" overhang on the perimeter of the stool.