Would you like to increase the value of the furniture you refinish? Or, perhaps you'd like to be able to spot a piece of furniture from a furniture painter that paints at a professional level - because chances are if that painter took the time to paint all the right parts of the dresser, then they likely also did not skimp of the overall finish. And what you'll actually end up with in the end, is a higher quality paint finish that will be more durable and last longer.
In addition to the ...
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Supplies List Needed to Refinish a Dining Table
Have you been wanting to refinish your dining table? Whether it's five years old or fifty, the process is the same. Here's a quick tutorial on how to refinish a dining table and a list of the few supplies you'll need for the job.
Supplies List
For a list of furniture refinishing supplies I use on a regular basis, visit my Amazon shop HERE. Here’s the list of supplies used specifically used on dining tables:
Solid wood dining tableRespirator mask and cartridgesProtective ...
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Purple Lavender Dresser With a Denim Texture Top
Gray, blue, and white dressers are always on trend. They're great neutrals that fit in almost any room in a home. But sometimes we need to break out of the basics and try a new color and texture. That's why this week I experimented with purple and refinished a purple lavender dresser with a denim texture top and I'm going to teach you exactly how I did it.
A friend of mine was making space in her home for her three college students, a high school student, and a husband to all work from ...
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Using Glaze to Take a Painted Dresser from Ordinary to Upscale
Anyone can paint a dresser. But the quality of that work is highly dependent on the preparation, the products, knowing which parts of the dresser to paint, and the practice of layering. The more you study products and practice the techniques the more likely you are to create a high quality piece of refinished furniture. Regardless of how long you've been refinishing furniture or if you're just now working on your first, I'm going to teach you how to use glaze to take a painted dresser from ...
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Fresh Ginger in This Green Smoothie Reduced My Elbow Pain
When you paint and move furniture for a few years, you're bound to develop a few aches and pains. Add to that the hours of sitting at a laptop with your arms locked in the same position typing about those furniture makeovers and strained muscles can become inflamed and extremely stiff. So, after a trying a few different natural supplements and foods, I finally discovered a natural ingredient that cured my elbow pain overnight.
A few months ago (5 to be exact), I started to ...
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Tall Hale Navy Dresser with Champagne Bronze Knobs
The workshop suddenly became overflowing with projects this week. Five tall dressers to be exact. All curbside finds that happened to be in my neighborhood. Looking at them all and the limited space, I did something I very rarely do. I decided to let two of them go as unfinished pieces. Then I got to work on the three that remained. Here is the first... a tall dresser refinished in Benjamin Moore's Hale Navy blue.
This tall, solid wood dresser with dove-tailed drawers was right at ...
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How to Match a Paint Color From a Picture
Last week, we talked about the process of choosing a paint color for a piece of furniture. You saw the many different blue options for a refinished desk and how I finally landed on the blue that was perfect for that particular desk. (You can see that post HERE.). Today, I want to show you how I searched for color inspiration and the tool I now use to match a paint color from a picture.
Imagine you're scrolling through Pinterest, Instagram, or a blog post. You see a beautifully painted ...
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Polo Blue Desk: Choosing the Right Shade of Blue
Do you love the color blue? There are so many variations of blue that you're bound to find one that can be incorporated into your home decor. Blue can be painted on the walls, you can bring in blue fabrics, and (one of my favorites) it can used to give new life to a piece of furniture. This week, let's talk about this Polo Blue desk makeover and the process of choosing the right blue.
This colonial-stained desk was a curb-side find. My brother spotted it on his daily walk and called ...
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