Furniture Refinishing Made Simple
There’s nothing worse than scoring a beautiful piece only to get it home and realize it smells terrible. One of the worst smells that stubbornly clings to wood furniture is smoke. And if you don’t stop to take a good sniff before you pick it up, you may not notice the offensive smell until you get your furniture home. That’s…
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This is one of those pieces I just wasn’t sure about. It reminded me of the buffets that sat in the dining rooms at all my friends houses growing up. It sat in our garage for a while as we debated back and forth if it was worth refinishing. Moreover, it had a damaged bottom corner, some trim had come…
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When we first started refinishing wood furniture, we went a little overboard. We collected all the wood furniture we could find, even if it needed a lot of TLC. Our garage quickly filled up and our sweet little munchkins had to climb over and around furniture just to get their bikes out! This waterfall dresser was one of those pieces…
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To say chalk paint is a popular choice for DIY furniture painting is a huge understatement. When we first started out refinishing furniture we also jumped on the bandwagon. No prep! Easy to use! Sticks to every surface! We were sold. Unfortunately, several projects later, we’ve found chalk paint over promised and under delivered. So before you decide to try…
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