Before & After: Revamped Stool

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.

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.

Comments (13)

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!

posted by razel on March 24th 2009 at 1:04pm
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that looks great! I like the blue and hand drawn touch!

posted by SydneyBristow on March 24th 2009 at 1:38pm
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superb! Nice to see shabby chic-ish pieces can have a very cool after life.

posted by Seaside on March 24th 2009 at 2:01pm
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love it!

posted by elisabethlaw on March 24th 2009 at 2:08pm
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Where are the peacock's feet?

posted by jenc on March 24th 2009 at 2:56pm
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I wonder how that beautiful peacock would have looked on the original damask?

posted by bepsf on March 24th 2009 at 3:00pm
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It should be Jessica McKay, not Jenny, according to the original source...

posted by jenc on March 24th 2009 at 3:02pm
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@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!

posted by Amy A on March 24th 2009 at 3:25pm
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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.

posted by mribaro on March 24th 2009 at 3:27pm
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I wanted to say I didn't think it was an improvement.

posted by mribaro on March 24th 2009 at 3:27pm
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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.

posted by rosenatti on March 24th 2009 at 6:37pm
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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.

posted by Miranda on March 26th 2009 at 12:39am
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Oh, that is so pretty- I love how it turned out. What a prefect little punch of color!

posted by SeattleMama on March 26th 2009 at 1:12am
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