Much Used Old Pine Stool with Painterly Surface turned wooden handle I really like how the

I really like how the decorative marks and especially the crest on this bird make it feel much more folky than formal

and to be safe I would not put much weight on it now

and the bottom two similar

This one is especially playful with one tiger leaning on the back of the other and a little bird perched on each of their heads

but coming together now just right

Much Used Old Pine Stool with Painterly Surface turned wooden handle I really like how theI'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