Step Stool Graphics Fairy Image

Perhaps you remember that I picked up this stool over the weekend at Tickled Pink.  I paid $3.99 for it.  Ever since I saw Terri’s coffee table, and all the neat stuff Korrie does, I have been wanting to transfer one of Karen’s (The Graphics Fairy) images onto something.

I printed the image on my printer.

I rubbed the back of the paper a LOT with a pencil.  North/South, East/West, and every which way in between.







I taped it to the stool with some ScotchBlue Painter’s tape. I hinged it.  I do this with a lot of stuff, including my vinyl. So if ever I mention “hinge” you know what I mean.




I used a ball point pen to trace over the image, which in turn transferred the image onto the stool.  It works really well.  With the hinge in place, I was able to lift the paper to make sure it was transferring well enough. I should have done this method with the Vintage Ironing Board.















I then used a paint pen and a sharpie to trace and color in the transferred image.













I wanted to paint the legs, since they had never been painted.  (they were still in their natural wood state). But I knew I wanted to stain the stool, so I used the ScotchBlue to keep the paint off the stool.






I painted the legs with Martha Stewart Heavy Cream. If you have a chance, you should pick these up at Home Depot.com for $4.98.

Look how easily the tape came off.

Now it’s time to stain the top. Mess it up.  I love dark walnut, but it really was not the right option for this project.  (hindsight 20/20-I think the real problem was NOT the stain, but the fact that I sanded too much of the paint off before adding the stain.)  You can scroll up to see the difference in the color of the paint.

This is after a coat of dark walnut and a coat of wipe-on Poly. I stained the legs a little to age them, although you can’t tell in this picture.

The image sort of gets lost. Not all projects turn how the way we envision, do they?  It’s still a great little stool, I think I may keep it in the kitchen under my kitchen island so I can reach things up high.



  I have another (oops) that I did this week, but I’ll save that for next week.  I can’t have ya’ll knowing how much I mess stuff up!     What’s the last oops (project gone wrong) that you worked on?

gail

ps the weather is turning a little cooler this week. I hope to get outside to work on some projects!

 

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