Much Used Old Pine Stool with Painterly Surface toby mug arched brow

arched brow

scuffed and smudged

which opens just to reveal

hand-painted in white against the red

I think these only add to its appeal

Much Used Old Pine Stool with Painterly Surface toby mug arched browI'm always looking for good old stools but am having a particular moment with them right now in addition to being the one type of furniture I can easily manage to ship (!), they're also useful things in an endless number of ways, including making great pedestals for other things, and they seem, as much as almost anything else, to wear their histories on their proverbial sleeves. This one has certainly had quite a life, which I might guess included