Life is busy for all of us. Too often we can get caught up in all that we are doing in our lives that we don’t slow down, much less stop doing, The Madness. I’m not being critical here – I fall into this trap too often for my own liking. When I was a…
Welcome back to the second part of the Furniture Refinishing Tutorial! In the first part of this tutorial, we saw how to prepare your furniture piece for painting. Painting was the next step and we saw the benefits of using General Finishes Milk Paint. We also learned how to distress furniture with a knife to…
Old wooden boxes are among my favorite finds. Most were probably used as a tool chest. Often when I come across them at auctions, they are full of old, rusty hammers and saws and such. I imagine some man using the box to tote his tools around from work site to work site. He probably…
Good day to everyone! Thanks for dropping in for this table and chairs refinishing tutorial. I am excited to teach you how to transform furniture into something useful and gorgeous for your home! The furniture of days-gone-by is beautiful and rich. Usually, the older pieces have character and qualities that sadly, today’s furniture does not….
It’s nothing new here – I love to reinvent things. Taking something and transforming it to a newer version of itself is so rewarding. These candlesticks are great examples of revamping. They started out as taper candle holders. Taper candles have waxed and waned in popularity over the years, just like many home decor items….
Hello! So glad you joined me on this simple little tutorial! Today we are taking vintage chicken feeders and turning them into hanging plant holders. Here is what I started with – a pile of chicken feeders found at an auction 🙂 Nothing says ‘farmhouse style’ like a real chicken feeder! When I see this…