In this post: How to paint a gingham pattern….the easy way. According to the old saying, watching paint dry is super boring. But what about the actual painting itself? Is that boring? Not if you’re painting furniture! I love to paint furniture but can’t stand a boring paint finish, so when I gave my “barn…
This is the story of a poor little neglected dresser that got a second chance. At an estate sale one day, I wandered out into a barn that was on the property. There sat this filthy little dresser whose finish had definitely seen better days. Other people walked by but no one was giving…
Sometimes it just takes a little extra effort to take an ordinary finish to something special. This is easy to accomplish with a paint aging technique. Do you remember my table that I updated with a new “vintage” color? It started like this….. And ended up looking like this….. I went over how I…
I’ve had this ugly table that I found at an estate sale for a couple of years. I don’t know how it’s lasted so long in my possession without a new paint job. I’m usually itching to paint something. Anyhow, this boring old table is now sporting a “new” vintage color. Here she is in…
I want to do a spring tablescape with a series of candlesticks and I needed them to be staggered in height. I had a few around the house and went to Hobby Lobby to purchase two more. They worked together by size, but the problem was that they didn’t match. And I wasn’t aiming for…
I hope you are enjoying your Sunday! I have another milk paint before and after for you. This secretary was given to me by my step-mother. She’d had it for years and it had seen its better days. I decided to try Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint in the color “Boxwood”…. I can’t find a…
I recently found a cute little make-up vanity at an estate sale. It’s solid wood with dovetailed drawers and was a great deal at $65! I live in a house full of boys…..a husband and two sons….even the bird and the dog are male! So, needless to say, there’s not much girly going on at…
I’ve been wanting to try the new Miss Mustard Seed milk paint color “Artissimo”, which is a dark blue that is close to navy but a little brighter. It’s a bit more of a “manly” color than the creams, grays, and soft blue-greens that I typically use but it’s nice to mix it up now…
These are the cane-back chairs that I bought, along with a table and china hutch, off of Craigslist. You can see how I refinished the matching table here. I love the style of cane-back chairs. Open a copy of Country French magazine and you will most certainly find a dining set with this kind of…
As part of our dining room remodel, we bought a “new” formal dining room set. In actuality, it was a Craigslist purchase. I was going for a certain look and could not find anything new that was both the style I liked and in a price I could live with. So, like any good DIY’er,…
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a custom design for my mom’s kitchen table. She bought this beautiful old table at an estate sale and has had it in her kitchen for a year or so. She really liked the table, but decided she wanted to give it a little…
One of the mediums that I like to use occasionally is decorative foil.  There’s a rainbow of colors and many different patterns to choose from. Applying foil is similar to using gold or silver leaf, but it’s not as messy and because the foil sheets are so much larger than leafing, it’s also faster….