I have to say you SI Readers are the best! I'm always learning something new from your furniture adventures, comments and tips you so generously share... thank you! As a perfect example, here's a great follow up to last weeks Quick Tip Tuesday ...
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Furniture Repair – Bondo vs Wood Filler
Happy Tuesday to you! Today's QTT is more like a full blown tutorial on How To Use Bondo as Wood Filler... and how I think they compare. Even though this post isn't really 'quick', it's a follow up on last weeks Quick-Tip-Tuesday and I can't wait ...
Amazing Non-Stick Bondo & Filler Repairs
Hi everyone... happy Tuesday to you! Yesterday I was in the hospital for a minor out patient procedure. Thankfully the procedure was only exploratory and the end results - perfect! Yaaay... one more thing off my mind! Although the sedation drugs ...
Turn Old Furniture Legs Into New Feet!
I have an amazing up-cycling Quick-Tip-Tuesday for you today. Did you know you can make shapely furniture feet by re-purposing old furniture legs? Julie (and hubby Marc) from Simple Redesign turned these fancy wooden legs into gorgeous feet using ...
How To Tell Hardwood From Softwood
Here's a great tip I received from a reader in BC... thanks for sharing Monique.. and for sending your amazing pics! Hi Denise, I love your blog. You give tons of great information and tips. Here's a quick tip you might like to ...
Replacing Broken Plastic Drawer Guides – Perfect Every Time!
Happy Tuesday to you! If you paint furniture you've probably seen a fair share of misaligned and broken drawers. A common problem I come across (and the very easiest to fix) are broken plastic drawer guides. Drawer guides are a cost efficient ...
The Simplest Way To Add Furniture Legs
Happy Tuesday to you! Later today I'm delivering this night table to Dianne. She's a fun client of mine who purchased this raised stencil dresser - then requested this night table be painted to match. The night table is perfect for her needs but ...
Drill Bit Depth Stop ~ The DIY Kind
Happy Tuesday to you and welcome to another Q-T-T! When drilling holes, it's easy to miscalculate and drill a hole deeper than you need it to be. You can buy various types of drill bit depth stops that are collars you place on your bit ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday ~ Wood Fill Over Primer?
Happy Tuesday to you all! Have you ever primed or painted a piece of furniture and then noticed scratches or dings you didn't see prior to priming? Annoying right? Large furniture flaws are easy to spot and fix. But sometimes smaller cracks, ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday ~ How To Countersink Your Furniture Hardware
Have you ever had to countersink your furniture hardware because it wasn't sitting flush against your piece? When I'm working with different types of knobs and handles from various stores and manufacturers, sometimes it's not as straight ...
Mid-Century-Modern Buffet Restyling
For those of you following my shenanigans on Facebook, you already know how grateful I was earlier this week. A neighbor was kind enough to drop off not one - but two gorgeous Mid-Century-Modern (MCM) pieces right to my front door! Whooohooo and ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday ~ Missing Chunks? Plastic Wood to the Rescue!
Warning ~I have a bad case of 'weather envy' towards my featured guest. Today's tip is brought to you from my friend Josi at Vintage Home in Boulder City, NV. Josi is romping around under sunny skies in 75 degree weather while I'm piled under ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday ~ A Screwy One!
Hello... so glad you're here! For today's Q-T-T, I'll show you how I cut knob/pull machine screws to fit any type of hardware in every type of furniture... quickly and easily! If you paint and restyle a lot of furniture, you've probably run ...
Past Meets Present Trend: Replace Glass with Chicken Wire The Safe Way!
The most common use for chicken wire is for making chicken coops. But did you know, in the past, chicken wire was often used on furniture? In the good ol' days, before modern day food storage and refrigeration, poultry netting was commonly used on ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday: How To Remove Paint From Glass… The Fast and Easy Way
I prefer to remove glass before painting. But lets face it, sometimes removing the glass can take up precious time. When it seems faster and easier to paint over it, I DO!... and then I worry about the clean-up afterwards. When I'm left with ...
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