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quick tip tuesday
Quick-Tip-Tuesday: How To Remove Sticker Residue & Other Sticky Things
Hi Everyone! I can't tell you how many times I've had to remove children's stickers, price tags, tape, or other sticky things. It's all in a days work when up-cycling and re-styling furniture. {big smile} One of the most recent pieces I worked ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday: Paint Brush Cleaning Made Easy
Happy Tuesday and thanks for dropping by! You'll probably agree, spending time cleaning a paint brush is NOT fun. This is why I was happy to find this little quick-tip in a back issue of The Family Handyman. Simply run the paint brush under ...
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 ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday: ‘Fancy’ Waxing Brush Yaaay or Naaay?
If I had a penny for every time I was asked "What brush should I use when waxing my furniture?....... " {big smile and wink} Up until a week ago my answer was always the same. I use a plain inexpensive dollar store chip brush and a clean soft ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday: Stain Block & Stop Bleed Through When Painting Furniture
Happy Tuesday to you! So happy you're here. {big smile} Have you ever had the dreaded problem of painting a piece of furniture and blotchy ugly stains or bleed through appear after you've applied your first coat? Older cabinets and vintage ...
Quick-Tip-Tuesday: Protecting Your Painted Handles And Pulls… My Favorite TopCoat
Hi everyone... hope you're having a fabulous day! You all know I love re-purposing and re-styling old hardware. An easy way to update old furniture hardware is to paint them to compliment your piece. Hardware gets A LOT of use, so protecting ...
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 ~ 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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