Birds on branches and wooden stools

                         Found these two boring wood stools and wanted to do something to them to 

Make them look FABULOUS! First I used a bird stencil

so both would come out looking alike, then I freehanded

the branches on, I then painted them in a creamy white, then rubbed

them down in a dark walnut stain, I still didn't like them, so took some white

paint and added some glaze and whitewashed them, still didn't do it for me, then

I took some sandpaper and distressed them until some of the first coat of white

showed through, VIOLA, that did it for me, I really like how they turned out, kinda 

hard to see all the details in the pic but they really look great..

Before

AFTER