Roaring Like a Lion
I fell in love with the design of this dresser. I know you can’t tell from this picture, but even the handles of the middle drawer are lion heads. I wanted to give this a distressed look. If you want to see the step by step on how to we paint furniture see this page: ...
Yellow Dresser Makeover
Here’s the before picture of this monster! It was in pretty rough shape, sitting at the end of the road, waiting to be junked. It was right down the road from our house and John and I were on the way to pick up a different dresser on craigslist. We (of course) had to stop ...
How To Paint Furniture
If you want to give your furniture piece a new look, painting it can be a very cost effective, fun wait to do so. Since painting requires the same steps no matter what the piece, we’re creating this page to reference on all our future blog posts. I just find myself retyping the same thing ...
Revitalizing an Antique Maple Dining Room Set- Part 2
So, this dining room set was purchased from a man on craigslist who was moving into a smaller house. He and his wife wouldn’t have room for this set and their loss was our gain. I believe he told me it was his wife’s grandmothers and about 100 years old. Here’s the before shot. Since ...
How to Update Your Dining Room Chairs
Do you have an old dining room set that you would like to replace? Think about repainting it instead. This is step 1 of 3 in our redesign project – revitalizing an antique maple dining room set. The table is taking us longer than we expected and the hutch is almost done so we decided ...
How to Repaint a Chandelier
So many people don’t notice the lighting in a room and settle for the run of the mill brass or silver light, but in this post we’ll show you a cheap way to add new life to your room by simply changing out the lighting fixture. One of the hidden treasure in our area (and ...
