Graphic Transfer on Painted Stool

I love taking old – ugly pieces of furniture and making them useful and pretty again.

I had an old stool hanging around the house and thought it would be cute if I painted it. But why stop at painting the little stool? Why not do a little graphic transfer!?

It really is easy ya know…
And I love it so much that I’m using it as a little side table on the screen porch to hold my coffee in the morning…

It started like this- I suppose you can see why I wanted to give it a facelift…

And you know how much I love paint…it’s my #1 go-to decorating/DIY/repurposing tool.

Paint gives you a BIG bang for your buck, so it’s no surprise that I painted the entire stool. But I did something a little different, I layered the color, starting with Behr MARQUEE Dayflower , then painted the top of the stool (2nd coat) with Behr MARQUEE Folly.

Next, I went to Graphics Fairy and found a cute French graphic and printed it out in REVERSE (many of her graphics have a reverse option)- I cut the graphic close to the pattern and used a transfer medium. (Follow directions on the bottle)
The directions on my medium says to let dry for 8 hours…I left it over night…

Then (following the directions), wet the graphic and my fingertip and a cloth and gently – ever so gently, removed the paper…

The stool would be perfect just like this, but I like things to look chippy and old…

So, I took it down to the shop and used the electric sander on it…but if you don’t want a chippy look, just leave it…

Put a clear matte top coat on the seat/top of the stool…and enjoy!

It’s perfect for my morning coffee and it was really fun to do!

Thanks to my friends at Behr Paint for sponsoring this post!

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