This Balayage Painted Furniture Technique was inspired after hair! We went from full paint coverage and gradually distressed this converted media console for a unique rustic paint finish! Learn our painting technique with this easy DIY furniture tutorial!
I'm WAY overdue for a hair style change so I've been looking at different women's hair styles lately and I'm finding myself gravitating more and more towards getting some blended balayage coloring. "Why, you've already got chalk paint in your pony?" Ha! You're so funny... ;) While I'm busy finding a really great hair stylist I thought I'd try my own hand at a little balayage furniture painting. ;)
Are you thinking about refinishing or painting an old buffet or china cabinet? Maybe you're considering painting it blue? Come see how we tackled our DIY Blue Painted Buffet and learn some tricks along the way!
Hi Friends! I hope you're having a great week! I'm right smack in the middle of compiling a Painting Furniture Idea resource guide that will give people a chance to see what their furniture could look like in a particular color family. If you struggle with visualizing paint colors and the potential of your furniture painted, I hope this will help you. Stay tuned... I can't wait! Here's a sneak peak at our blue painted buffet from our painted furniture makeover series.
Paint those garage sale furniture finds and turn them into gorgeous pieces of furniture for less! It is possible to decorate your home with beautiful pieces and not spend a fortune doing it. Today, I'm excited to share these newly refinished painted grey nightstands with you. It's an amazing example of the power of paint!
We can't wait to share this next furniture makeover with you! If you've followed us for any length of time you know that we are big proponents of altering furniture when it makes sense. We're firm believers that just because a piece for furniture starts out as something doesn't mean it has to stay in its original state. If it's not functional, if it looks outdated or doesn't fit your decor, ALTER it! You can easily update your furniture by painting it, adding legs, taking off doors, adding design elements or simply just re-thinking it's purpose. Today, we're going to share some examples of DIY painted furniture refinished with all of these in mind!
Repurposing furniture can be as simple as changing out the hardware or painting it a different color. Come see how we updated these vintage yard sale nightstands and transformed them into Modern Painted Nightstandswith Country Chic Paint and a little bit of imagination!
I have been waiting to share this next furniture makeover with you for awhile now!
Perhaps its because I enthusastically scored these lovely side tables at a furniture yard sale for the bargain price of $50, then brought them home to sit while I decided which paint color to paint them.
I'm affectionately calling this next furniture makeover the Hudson Side Tables and these twins have been a labor of love!
A big thank you to Country Chic Paint for sending us the furniture paint for these painted nightstands!
We love this faux paint finish so much we're adding it to our awesome layering paint resource page! Learn how to create an easy DIY Restoration Hardware faux finish for your own furniture. Our step by step tutorial walks you through how to layer and dry brush metallic paint onto your furniture to create your own layered zinc finish that will fool even the choosiest of friends! Save yourself some big money and create your own Restoration Hardware knock off!
I'm not willing to pay several hundred dollars or even a $1000 for a piece of furniture from Restoration Hardware. Unless I need a new sofa or mattress, the thought of paying an inflated sticker price for brand new furniture makes me ill. But, just because I'm not willing to spend a lot of money on furniture doesn't mean that I don't want the look of high end furniture in my home! What if you could have both?! Today, I'm going to show you an easy tutorial for a DIY Restoration Hardware finish that will leave your family and friends guessing how you got such a neat layered zinc finish...
Good morning, Friends! What in the world do you do with all of your old and outdated picture frames? Donate them? You could! What if I showed you the possibility of re-vamping them so that they'll fit your space and color scheme? Here's a quick and easy before of some old frames that I had lying around. Whatcha got at your house? Do you have any that match mine? ;)
Country Chic Paint sponsored this post however, I LOVE their Pocket Watch metallic cream so much that I would share regardless! Please read my disclosure policy.
Do you have a bare wall that's been staring back at you? Have you been dreaming of pulling it together to create a gallery wall but you're not sure how to turn that dream into a realty?
Tell me why! Is it because you:
- Don't know where to start? - It's hard to visualize the layout. You're unsure about the pictures you might want to use? - Do you think a gallery wall will cost a lot of money?
I'm here to help you debunk all three of these myths and light some fire under that touché of yours! My hope is that by the time you're done reading this post you will...
1.) Have Been Inspired.
2.) Recognize That YOU Can Do This and
3.) Feel Like YOU Have The Tools & Resources To Start And FINISH Your Beloved Gallery Wall.
I want you to slay it. Conquer it. And check it off your list! No more regrets. No more putting it off. (Do you hear the theme from Rocky playing in your background?) Well it is, CHAMP! Here's how YOU are going to pull off your gallery wall in one week!
Learn how to easily it is to paint a dresser!Painting your bedroom furniture is an easy and inexpensive way to update your space! In this Painted Peacock Blue Dresser Makeover, we'll teach you how to clean and prep, paint and protect your furniture as well as paint your furniture hardware!
Peacock blue is such a wonderful shade. It's warm, regal and it really makes a statement. Peacock blue works nicely with shades of white, silvers, beiges and other vibrant colors like orange and hot pink. If you love the color but couldn't handle it on your wall, painting your dresser peacock blue might just be your thing! I hope that when you see this painted dresser idea you will have all kinds of furniture refinishing ideas start to swirl around!
Adding a bold paint color is a quick and affordable way to update your space.Painting your existing furnishings is not only budget and eco-friendly, but its a quick fix to updating those outdated pieces.
Metallic Cream is one of my favorite products that Country Chic Paint offers. So, we went on a hunt to find the best detailed piece we could find to rescue and re-love.
This post was sponsored by Country Chic Paint and may contain affiliate links. However, I love their Metallic Cream so much that I'd scream it to the roof tops no matter what! View our disclosure policy here.
** Country Chic Paint provided me with the products for this furniture makeover, however the thoughts and opinions expressed here are out of 100% delight!
I live in a city full of retirees and I love it. They exude wisdom, compassion for my children, and for the most part are so friendly. Another perk?! They often downsize and sell some of the best furniture pieces for amazing prices. I recently had the pleasure of meeting a kind old man who was selling a pair of campaign style nightstands from their guest room. I'm pretty sure they didn't entertain guests often, because these were in breathtaking condition.
Um, if they were in such great condition, why did you paint them?
Head on over to Country Chic Paint to find out why!
I took these unflattering chests and paired them with one of my favorite paint colors from Country Chic Paint and transformed them into eye catching pieces. The contrast between the brass hardware and this bright and bold navy hue makes me smile.
We're taking this furniture makeover to Country Chic Paint today. While you're there, sit back and enjoy a treasure trove of inspirational projects from some wonderful talented bloggers!
Have a great weekend!
Carrie || Thirty Eighth Street
I received products from Country Chic Paint to complete this furniture makeover, however the opinions and thoughts expressed here are 100% my own.
Hi Friends! I'm over at Country Chic Paint today to share a quick and easy furniture makeover with some custom paint touches. We turned this lovely serpentine chest into a gorgeous neutral side table and we didn't even take the hardware off. Lazy! Yes, we are!
Hop on over to get the skinny on this custom shade and to see this refinished piece in all it's glory...
I'm a mom of two school aged kids which means every week I am handed an assortment of important papers. They come in the form of graded quizzes, tests, time consuming projects and creative works of art! But, we can't keep them all...
To cut down on the paper trail, each year our children select five of their favorite keepsakes to help them remember their school year. I like to take pictures of the artwork that means the most to them so that we can perserve and remember their talents at each age.
We combine these pictures along with our watercolor family photos and use them in our gallery walls. All of the rest of their "treasures" get displayed on a bulletin board in their room on a rotation basis so that we can enjoy their hard work and creative juices all year long! A new gem arrives and old gets discarded.
Although a bulletin board checks off the box for being functional it doesn't necessarily meet the standards for being stylish. So, today I'm going to show you a quick and easy way to add a little design to the simplest of organizational tools!
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Good Morning! Are you ready for a quick before and after? We're over at Country Chic Paint today talking about how we transformed this ratty scratched-up-door-fall'n-off changing table/dresser combo..
** I received Country Chic paint to complete this furniture makeover, however the opinions and thoughts expressed here are 100% my own.
A Seventies Intervention
Oh good golly would you look at this?! You may have passed up a bedroom set just like this at a garage sale. What, why!? You don't think it's pretty? ;) Okay, you're right. It's hideous but ah, come on... it has the bones to be love-e-lee. We're going to transform this bedroom set into something spectacular for just $25. Yep, you read that right. Twenty-five, one dollar bills. With just a little paint, this bedroom makeover is going from drab to fab!
Take a gander at the hardware. They are exquisite, but they get swallowed up in the existing wood finish. Care for a close up? Friends, they just don't make hardware like they used to!
They also don't make wood like they used to. ;) I'd rather fix up an older all wood set any day then shell out $$ for a new set that may or may not contain particle board.
We unscrewed all of the hardware, grabbed a paint brush and some Country Chic Paint in Vanilla Frosting and went to work. After two and half layers of paint, we gave it light distressing and put it back together.
And Voilà! In no time at all, a new bedroom set was born.
Isn't it amazing what a little paint can do! Carrie || Thirty Eighth Street
** I received Country Chic Paint to complete this project, however the thoughts and opinions presented here are 100% my own.
In our home, we decorate with LOVE and PURPOSE. Every Halloween we pull out old Halloween photos of the kids from years past and use those to decorate our house. It's meaningful, it's cheap, it creates GIGGLES and it allows us to reminince old stories. I needed to add some new Halloween picture frames to our stash and decided to up-cycle some frames that I already had instead of going out and buying new ones. And I'm thrilled to try out one of Country Chic Paint's new colors... Fireside.
I gathered up my old frames, painters tape, a chevron stencil and Country Chic Paint in Vanilla Frosting, Liquorice and Fireside and opted for a mix of bold patterns with some solids.
Here's putting it altogether...
The Halloween printables you see in my home are FREE and are offered by the talented and generous Desiree from The 36th Avenue and Makoodle and are for personal use only.
I'm guest posting over at Country Chic Paint today! Stop on over and say hi!
Learn how to create two separate pieces of furniture from an old china hutch! Create the look of stylish custom furniture simply by adding legs and make your furniture budget stretch further!
Wouldn't it be awesome if you could score two pieces of furniture for the price of one? What if I said you could! In fact, this DIY furniture tutorial is SO AWESOME it's even better than walking into a 50% off furniture clearance or a buy one get one FREE furniture sale!
Do "buy one, get one free" furniture sales even exist? Wishful thinking!
In this post, we're going to share with you a creative and innovative way to furnish your home with stylish and custom pieces for a fraction of a fraction of the cost that you would pay if you were buying brand new furniture. :)
You are going to learn how to create two pieces of furniture simply by separating the top and the bottom sections of a tired china hutch.
*Country Chic Paint provided me the paint supplies to create and design this furniture makeover and DIY project. All of the opinions and thoughts contained in this post are honest and 100% my own.
I am excited to be able to share another Guest Post at Country Chic Paint today! I decided to go big & bold or go home with this next transformation! I found this Old World dresser at my local thrift store. It possessed nine clean drawers and amazing hardware and it had me at swirl.
What it lacked in height, I could give her and what it lacked in color... well my heavens, I could fix that too!
If you haven't yet tried Country Chic Paint before, you're really missing out! Country Chic Paint is a chalk and mineral based paint that goes on so smooth, dries quickly and produces such a beautiful finish. It's really one of my top three favorite paints to work with!
I decided to put Country Chic Paint to the test. Could I really push the limits and complete a dresser transformation with just one pint of paint? I was a little nervous. Then, I reminded myself that the theme for this project was "Go Big and Bold or Go Home", so I went for it!
Not only did I have enough for this long dresser but I still had a little bit left over for some DIY Art Work. I think that says a lot about the quality of their paint. If you missed it, hop on over and check out this DIY Hand Painted Sign shown below photos that I made with my left overs. ;)
Before I opened up my can of Fresh Mustard paint, I added bun feet to the bottom of our dresser. If you're interested in learning more about how to add legs to furniture, you can check out our full tutorial here. To keep with the Old World look, I opted to give it a heavily distressed finish. But, I didn't use sand paper and I didn't use a wet rag to accomplish this. Instead, I used a Reverse Distressing technique explained here in our Guest Post.
From drab to fab, The Thompson Dresser is brighter, bolder and a little bit taller.
Encouraging you to do something Big and Bold this week! If you do, please leave me a link in the comments, I'd love to see what you come up with!
If you are my twin, then you missed the "Naturally Gifted Handwriting" line in Heaven. I'm in awe at some of the extraordinarily talented individuals that can hand letter like nobodies business. I'm inspired by their talents and it gives me the drive to keep on practicing. ;)
DIY signs have been around for a long time and there are so many different ways to create them. You can use stencils, vinyl lettering, wood appliqués, etc. But, you can also make them without any of things or any expensive programs. For this tutorial, all you need is your computer/ printer, tape, a pencil, paint/brushes, carbon paper and some wood!
1. Gather Your Wood.
Select your wood and determine the size of your sign.
We chose a sheet of Lauan Plywood from Home Depot because it's inexpensive and light. You can cut it yourself or if you happen to purchase yours from Home Depot, they'll cut it for you! We asked them to cut ours to 48" wide by 36" tall. When we arrived home all it needed was a light sand along the edges. Time saver! For the trim, we used the cheapest 1 1/2 boards we could find. The more knots and imperfections the better. We wanted it rustic.
2. Create Your Design.
Collect your inspiration and choose your color palette.
Start by painting the backdrop. While you're background layer dries open up a new Word Document and create your saying. All of my block words were printed from Word. If you want really LARGE letters (like the word "happy" below), you can create your text in just about any FREE Photo Editing online site (Pixlr, Fotor, are just a few examples) using a plain white digital paper. (I've included an example directly below. Hover your mouse over the below space, (I promise it's there!) Feel free to save it for your own personal use.)
Once you have the white digital paper saved, upload it to your favorite photo editing site and use the add text function to create your word(s). I like to use Fotor.com because that's one site where you can access your own fonts. Once you have it the way you like it, save it as a jpg. (The size of your word/phrase doesn't matter at this point). We're going to blow it up in just a minute using another FREE program.
Next, take your edited .jpg you just created and upload it to Block Posters. A fabulous free program that allows you to enlarge any .jpg image. You tell it how many paper sizes wide and tall it should be and it will create an enlarged version. Once printed you do a quick re-assembly with some tape and put it back together. (Visit here to see another example of how this is done.) Here's my "happy" all in one piece.
3. Easy Trace Method
Grab a pencil and your Carbon Paper
Carbon paper can be found at just about any Office Supply store. You will get more sheets then you need for around $5. I used just one sheet for this project and can still re-use it again and again for another project. Once your background is dry, position your words on your Lauan and give them a quick two piece scotch tape just temporarily hold them in place. Starting at the top (because you don't want crawl over a word that's already been carboned on, place a sheet of carbon under a word and LIGHTLY trace around your letters. I traced my words too hard and had to do an extra coat of paint to cover them up. Trust me lightly tracing will get the job done. ;)
This is what it will look like when you take the carbon paper away. Don't worry too much if your tracing isn't perfect (see mine!), paint can fix that later.
And when you're finished it should look something like this..
4. Time to paint.
Small stiff brushes will become your new best friend for this project. This part takes a little bit of time so turn on a good movie and have at it!
You can either paint and take a sander to it afterwards to give it more of a vintage feel or you can go light on the paint in areas and give the same effect (like I did on "Skies Are Gray").
When you're finished, measure the width and length of your board and make your trim cuts accordingly. Depending on the look you're going for, you can choose to stain, paint them or leave them as is. We stapled our Lauan board to our frame but you could also use short screws as well. If you have one you'd like to show case place your link in the comments, I'd love to see it!
