Over at The Homebound, Jessica McKay worked a little magic on a boring little white stool. Her project involved a little paint, a pillowcase, an iron-on paper! See the result here.
Before & After: Revamped Stool
Voilà! She spray painted the base with a high gloss blue. The peacock is Jessica's own illustration that she printed on iron-on paper. She cut the pillowcase, cut out the peacock and ironed it on the sheet. Then Jessica stretched the newly embellished fabric around the seat and stapled it. What a unique way to use iron-on! Thanks, Jessica!
Via: dwellings and decor.
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no way! this winter i trash picked the little desk that exactly matches this stool and will be doing some updates to it myself as soon at the weather warms up enough to paint!
view razel's profile
that looks great! I like the blue and hand drawn touch!
view SydneyBristow's profile
superb! Nice to see shabby chic-ish pieces can have a very cool after life.
view Seaside's profile
love it!
view elisabethlaw's profile
Where are the peacock's feet?
view jenc's profile
I wonder how that beautiful peacock would have looked on the original damask?
view bepsf's profile
It should be Jessica McKay, not Jenny, according to the original source...
view jenc's profile
@razel-would love to see photos of your desk! Send them to newyork at apartmenttherapy dot com
@jenc Thanks for the correction. Obviously, multitasking is not a good idea for me!
view Amy A's profile
I thought the white stool was the after, and I find it much more beautiful and elegant than the legless peacock one. Sorry, but I think it's an improvment. However, if SHE likes it, then who am I to complain.
view mribaro's profile
I wanted to say I didn't think it was an improvement.
view mribaro's profile
At first I also thought the white stool was the After and recoiled in horror. Love the real After. As for the peacock's missing feet: He is standing in a snowbank.
view rosenatti's profile
Not so sure about this one, if for no other reason than that iron-on paper doesn't really stand up to a lot of wear. I'd never put it on the seat of anything. The illustration itself is nice, though, and the dark-painted wood would look nice with a more appropriate fabric.
view Miranda's profile
Oh, that is so pretty- I love how it turned out. What a prefect little punch of color!
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