Hi everyone! I hope you're well and having an amazing day. Lately I've been spending time in my gardens, going to the beach, enjoying the sunny outdoors and painting furniture. Or should I say... prepping furniture. I have umpteen pieces on the ...
How To Tips
Quick-Tip-Tuesday ~ 3 Good Ways to Clean Dry Paint from Your Brushes
I do my best to clean my paint brushes as soon as I finish a project. When I don't, I end up with hard crusty brushes to clean. Here's 3 Good Ways To Clean Dry Paint from Your Brushes 1. Soak in TSP  ~ Trisodium Phosphate (aka TSP) is ...
How To Remove Musty-Mothy-Moldy Smells From Wood Furniture
I receive a fair share of e-mails and I have to say, you guys are asking the BEST questions! I LOVE answering your questions personally so don't hesitate to write in! With the growing number of e-mails, I'm starting to notice some questions ...
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 ~ 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: 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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
How To Cut Mirror For DIY Mirrored Furniture
Are you loving this glam mirrored furniture trend? Well I AM!  What I'm NOT loving is the hefty price tag dangling down from a sparkly knob and shocking me twice with it's reflection. The Solution: As any DIY'er worth her grain of salt would do, I ...
Working On The Edge… Applying Edge Banding To Furniture
I'm glad you're joining me for "this-is-my-1st time-ever-trying-this-stuff" blog post. Luckily, after an enormous spicy Thai meal, hot chocolate, and Tim Horton donuts (this added-up to some bad indigestion),  M-M-M still took the time to show me ...
Chalk Stencil Transfer Onto Furniture … A Timely Technique
Hello my friends! Â Today I'm going to share a simple way to transfer images using chalk. But before I do, I want to give a BIG shout out to all you fabulous DIY'er around the globe! I checked my Google Analytic's today and I'm ecstatically happy, ...
How To ~ Tell If Paint is Latex or Oil
Yes, old man winter is creeping in on us. Â I just came in from the frig'n cold (not a fan), and this past weekend the clocks were turned back an hour ...a sure sign. I took full advantage of the extra hour of sleep, yet I'm still in "snail" mode ...
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