I've just returned from 5 amazing days in Chicago and realized... hey... it's Tuesday... time for another quick-tip! Because my luggage awaits (don't you just hate unpacking!) I'll make this quick. If you've ever felt frustrated while wasting time ...
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Painting Outdoor Furniture With Chalk/Mineral Paint….My Island Coral
With all this warm weather comes outdoor adventures and fun in the sun! If you've recently pulled your patio furniture from hibernation and it's looking a little worn and tired, listen up. I have just the thing for you DIY'ers that will ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday ~ Drilling Perfect Holes 4 Furniture Hardware
Happy Tuesday Everyone! Have you ever drilled a hole for furniture hardware and the slightest 'slip' of the drill ruined your placement? Today's Q-T-T is brought to you from the ever creative and talented Julie at Simple Redesign in Grand ...
Mixing Leftover Paints & Creating Custom Colors For Small Projects
If you do any sort of painting, I know you can relate to having a fair share of leftover paints from prior projects. So what do you do when there isn't enough paint left in the can to complete a job, but enough leftover that you feel guilty for ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday ~ Mask For Clean & Professional Looking Painted Furniture
Here's an honest tidbit. When I first started painting furniture, I focused so much on getting the outside pretty, that I didn't pay much attention to the inside... Okay, I didn't pay ANY attention to the inside. I often had brush-marks on the ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday ~ Get Every Angle When Spray Painting Small Objects
Hi Everyone! For today's Quick-Tip-Tuesday, I'll share how I get EVERY angle when spray painting small objects such as removable furniture legs, knobs and handles. Simply take a scrap piece of board (any size you can easily hold and maneuver ...
Spraying DIY Chalk-Mineral-Paint… Finally Got Around To Doing It!
Well, I finally did it... I used my paint-gun to spray a DIY Chalk-Mineral-Paint! You may recall about 6 months ago I wrote a post on Spraying with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. The clean-up wasn't fun but the spray finish turned out flawless ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday ~ Remove Stains From The Inside of Drawers
Hi Everyone! Thanks for joining me for today's Quick-Tip-Tuesday. Keeping with last weeks drawer theme, I'm going to share how to remove stains from the INSIDE of drawers. And you can thank me later... because if you're re-claiming and up-cycling ...
Milk Painted Shabby-Chippy-Chic Dresser
Hi Everyone... I hope you're having a wonderful day! I just completed re-styling this gorgeous dresser with General Finishes Milk Paint. I had so much FUN with this piece and if I had the space... I would love to keep this one for myself. This ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday ~ Number Your Drawers
Wow... these weeks fly by fast don't they? Well Happy Tuesday to you... and here's another Quick-Tip-Tuesday hint. Have you ever removed the drawers from a dresser, chest or side table only to discover you're having a heck of a time trying to fit ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday: Don’t Lose Your Screws & Hardware
Whenever I remove screws from my projects, they grow a pair of legs and play hide and seek with me. Are you wasting precious time looking for your screws and hardware too? For today's Quick-Tip-Tuesday, here's a simple idea I've been using to keep ...
Desk Featured on Roadkill Rescue
Happy Monday Everyone! How was your weekend? Hope you enjoyed a few days off and did something fun and relaxing for yourself! My week is off to a great start. Today, the ever talented Becky Farrant featured my curb-shopped desk makeover on ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday: Sanding Tight Places
Happy Tuesday to you! Today's Quick-Tip-Tuesday is brought to you by my friend Jacqui at Porta Verde Studio's. Here's a great tip she uses for distressing and sanding in tight places. For those tight corners and details on furniture that are ...
How To Get A Crisp Clean Line w Painters Tape
Happy Tuesday Everyone! For our very first Quick-Tip-Tuesday, here's a helpful idea on how to get a crisp clean line when using painters tape. When Should I Remove The Tape? As soon as possible after you've applied your last ...
Getting Braver ~ Curvy Coral Dresser
Are you as addicted to Pinterest as I am? I'm one of those Pinterest'ers who tells myself I'll spend 15 minutes checking out whats new in Pin'land. Then 1 hour later, I find myself in a trance and have to pry my eyeballs away from the ...
7 Easy Tips ~ How To Remove Veneer
Last week I transformed a horrible looking writing desk in Part 2 of my Road-Rescue Series. Today I'm going to show you exactly how I repaired the top by sharing some easy tips on how to remove veneer. Although it looks like a big job, with these ...
Road-Rescue Part 3 ~ Spraying General Finishes Milk Paint
Hello and welcome back! For Part 3 of my Road-Rescue General Finishes Series, I used a General Finishes Milk Paint and Topcoat on this charming dresser. There's a lot of DIY'ers blogging about applying it with a brush, so I'm going to share my ...
Road-Rescue Part 2 ~ Desk w General Finishes Van Dyke Brown Glaze Effects
Welcome to Part 2 of my Road-Rescue Series using General Finishes Products. I'd like to do some more of these 'series-posts'... they're kind of fun... and I hope you're enjoying these before and afters. When I first laid eyes on this writing desk, ...
Road-Rescue Part 1 – Staining Pine with General Finishes Gel Stain… Ohhhhh No!
If you're following me on Facebook, you know a few days ago I received a fun box of goodies from General Finishes Corporation. I decided to put these GF products to the test by re-styling 3 road-rescued furniture finds. My first curb-shopped re-do ...
Sanded Through Veneer… Really?…Grrrrr!
I've always heard there's a danger of sanding through veneer yet I've never had a problem... until today... grrrr! I was working on this night-table and I wanted to stain the top and paint the bottom. Apparently Walt and I (aka DeWalt) were a ...
Color Matching Paint for Furniture, Walls, or ANYTHING at All!
When I'm looking for that perfect paint color for my furniture make-overs, paint chips and fan-decks are my go-2-tool. There are literally 1000's of paint colors to choose from in every brand possible. But what do you do when you need an EXACT ...
She Knows I’m Feeling Like a V.I.P Today
She knows I feel like a V.I.P today! About a month ago I was contact by a talented author and freelance writer; the lovely Maria Mora. Maria is a frequent contributor to SheKnows.com Home Channel. She was working on a Flea Market/Dramatic Flips ...
Pricing Your Painted Furniture
Making the transition from a DIY 'er into a full or part-time Furniture Painting Business has it's challenges. One of the questions I'm frequently asked is How Do I Price My Painted Furniture? Although I've been re-styling furniture on and off ...
Turquoise French Country Sideboard… and a little daydreaming!
With our freezing winter temps and snow piled sky high, I'm dreaming of the warmth of a hot sun, long stretches of soft sandy beach, inviting crystal clear turquoise waters, and fruity tropical drinks with cocktail umbrellas. What does this have ...
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