Easy Furniture Makeover You Can Complete In A Weekend

Here's an easy furniture makeover that you can do in a weekend! Learn how to turn your old furniture into swoon-worthy statement pieces and get some wonderful furniture makeover ideas along the way! 

Thrift stores and garage sales offer amazing budget-friendly deals on second hand furniture, but often times the used furniture pieces need a compelling DIY furniture renovation before you'd ever consider bringing them into your home. 

Painting your furniture is easier than you think! So if you're looking to decorate your home on a budget, refinishing used furniture is a thrifty and inexpensive way to go!


Some furniture makeovers can take longer than others depending on the size and scope of the makeover. But today, I want to show you an easy furniture makeover that you can complete in a weekend!

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How To Paint Wood Furniture With Pure & Original Paint

Painting wood furniture will breathe new life into your furniture! Painting wood furniture with Pure & Original paint will give your newly refinished furniture a lovely buttery smooth finish. It's so gorgeous and I'm going to show you why!

You've decided to paint an old piece of furniture.


You know exactly which piece of furniture you'd like to revamp but you're not exactly sure how to paint your furniture?


Or maybe you're searching the internet or browsing Pinterest to get some advice on the best places to find used furniture and gather some furniture painting inspiration before you get started.


Whatever the reason, we're sure glad that you're here! This painting furniture tutorial will hopefully answer some of your questions and inspire YOU to try something new!

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How To Apply A Paint Color Wash On Furniture!

Spruce up your furniture using a twist on a classic furniture painting technique. We're going to show YOU how to apply a paint color wash on your furniture! Color washing furniture is a great way to imitate the look of a stain. It's also a great technique for layering paint! Learn how to create a paint color wash on your furniture, and pin this tutorial so you can reference it again later!

Thank you for all of the lovely compliments on our recent nightstands makeover project! I'm so glad you loved the color as much as we did! 

We're stepping away from color on this next makeover to share a new spin on a classic color washing furniture technique! 

PAINTING FURNITURE WITH A COLOR WASH

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Refinishing Furniture With Pure & Original Paint

Pure & Original offers a beautiful color palette & high-quality furniture paint products to help DIY-ers achieve a high-end finish to their furniture projects and home. I'm convinced that you'll be blown away by their paint color choices-including a few new ones that they have recently added! Today, we're sharing a pretty furniture makeover using Pure and Original in Black Hills Classico Paint. 

I love the color green! In fact, I painted this repurposed hutch, a vintage highboy dresser and the upholstery on this settee using green paint. But, this is the first time that I've used such a rich green hue on furniture and I absolutely love it!

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Dry Brush Painting Technique That Makes Furniture Look Like Art!

Dry brush painting furniture is a fun and simple furniture painting technique that adds dimension, color and interest to your furniture! By layering paint vertically we transformed an old desk into an amazing piece of art! 

In this tutorial, you'll learn a variety of layering and dry brushing paint techniques so you can tap into your creativity and imagine up your own works of furniture art! 

WHAT IS DRY BRUSHING WITH PAINT? 

In short, dry brushing is a painting technique that uses such a small amount of paint on your paint brush that it feels almost "dry" to the touch. 

When you use minimal paint on your brush and apply light pressure, the dry brush effect leaves a light and scratchy brush stroke that resembles texture.


Dry brush painting is a furniture painting technique that you typically apply right before you seal your project. 

Dry brushing adds interest and highlights the gorgeous details of a piece. 

The reason I LOVE dry brushing the most is because the process goes so quickly! But be prepared. Your friends and family are going to think it took you hours to create your finish! 

Do you tell them or keep that to yourself, ... that's up to you! ;)

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Affordable Furniture Makeover Inspired by Scandinavian Design

Affordable furniture is easy to find if you know what to look for! Learn how to transform tired old furniture inspired by Scandinaivia. 

What are you going to do with your old and outdated bedroom furniture?


A. Live with it?
B. Sell it/get rid of it & buy new furniture?
C. Save your money and transform your old furniture into something you love!


If you've have visited a retail furniture store or shopped for furniture online his past year, then you know just how expensive it is to purchase new furniture.


Rather then spend several thousand dollars on a new bedroom set, I'm giving YOU a challenge!


Return that tax return refund $$$ back to your bank and save your money for something more important!


Choose option C and try your hand at updating your existing furniture with some fresh paint and new hardware.

Not only will it give your old furniture a fresh new look, it will truly save you hundreds and hundreds of dollars in the process!

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Balayage Painted Furniture Technique You Have To See!

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. ;)

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Blue Painted Buffet Makeover

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.

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Grey Painted Nightstands

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!

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Colorful Nightstand Makeover with Dixie Belle Paint

Painting outdated furniture is an inexpensive and creative way to add color to your space! We're sharing a colorful nightstand makeover using a new favorite chalk mineral paint called Dixie Belle Paint. Are you brave enough to paint your furniture in a bold hue?

Don't buy new nightstands, refinish and paint your old ones or find an inexpensive pair at a garage sale, thrift shop or estate sale! 

Painting furniture has been the latest craze for the past five years. 

I think it has become so popular over the years because it allows you to up-cycle and reuse the furniture pieces that you already own and transform them inexpensively into beautiful new pieces of furniture with just a little bit of paint! 

PIN THIS TUTORIAL!

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Modern Painted Nightstands With Country Chic Paint

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 Nightstands with 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!

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How To Create A Restoration Hardware Faux Finish

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...

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Painted Dresser in Peacock Blue!

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. 

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Create Two Pieces Of Furniture From A China Hutch

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. 

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A Repurposed Furniture Project That Will Inspire You!

Are you ready to have your mind blown? This repurposed furniture idea will knock your socks off and it will give you all sorts of inspiration for upcycling old furniture.


What if I told you it was possible to create two pieces of furniture by repurposing a china cabinet.

Do I have your attention?

Good!

If you've followed us for for any length of time you know that we love to repurpose and refurbish furniture into show stopping pieces and we don't like to spend a lot of money doing it!


So, this upcycling furniture idea takes the cake! This budget friendly upcycled furniture makeover allowed us to create a china hutch and buffet from just one piece of furniture. No surgery was required. ;)


Today, we're going to show you how to create gorgeous repurposed furniture pieces from ONE china cabinet! You could create media consoles, buffets, or sofa tables from one china cabinet. That's two furniture statement pieces for the price of one!

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Painting Furniture With Chalk Paint®

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I saw this old chunky hutch in our local Craigslist ads. After a little bit of back and forth negotiating I had myself a vintage hutch loaded into our truck. I didn't need a hutch (isn't that usually how it goes?), but I decided that the bottom part of the hutch had the perfect dimensions to be converted into a media console. I couldn't wait to get my hands on a paint brush and some chalk paint® with all of those fabulous carvings!

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How To Add Legs To Furniture

Give your boring old furniture some custom style and learn how to add legs to furniture easily! Attaching feet to your furniture is a great way to update your furniture and give it high end style without breaking the bank! You'll never believe what we used for legs for this DIY furniture project!

Good morning! It's the start of a new week and the beginning of a new month. A month that includes an especially tender holiday for me.


Mother's Day.


What makes this day so special?


Well besides sleeping in...

I usually get breakfast in bed.

Homemade cards (my favorite!) and...

Children that try extra hard to be extra awesome! Becoming a mother has been one of my  greatest joys.


And I was trained by the very best...

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