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This little footstool was commissioned as a companion piece to the Garden Fence Chest of Drawers.\u00a0 The Sunflowers and Hollyhocks are painted in the trompe l’oeil style of realism.\u00a0 They just pop off the surface!\u00a0\u00a0 The legs of the stool are the same blue as the sky in the first piece and the faux white slats match those I painted on the top of the chest.\u00a0\u00a0 Even the underside continues the illusion of slats.\u00a0 And, yes, I painted my signature insect; Can you see the lady bug?\u00a0 It is important that the little side buttons are painted white as they visually connect the top to the base, but I resisted the urge to painted anything additional on the blue surfaces because the stool told me No!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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