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

17 Furniture Refinishing Tips From Expert Furniture Paint Bloggers!

Are you interested in learning how to refinish or paint furniture but you aren't sure how to start? Get some of the BEST furniture refinishing advice from 17 expert furniture paint bloggers! 

I've invited some of the best furniture refinishers and asked them to give YOU their best advice and tips on refinishing furniture. 

If you are new to painting or refinishing furniture or if you've been eyeing an outdated piece of furniture and have grand plans to refinish it don't you dare put it off any longer! 

This is the post for YOU!

PIN THIS FOR LATER!

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!

How To Transform Second Hand Furniture Easily

Transforming second hand furniture is an easy and economical way to re-do your space! In this post, you'll discover where the best places to find second-hand furniture are along with our BEST tips for what to look for when you're buying used furniture. 

Then, we'll provide you with step by step instructions on how to paint second hand furniture properly so YOU can have beautiful looking furniture and save some money while you're doing it! 

Once you're finished go to our furniture refinishing resource page to see our most popular thrift store furniture makeovers and get some more inspiration! 

21 Remarkable Tips To Make Simple Spaces Exciting and Interesting

Learn some surprisingly simple ways to spice up and update a room without breaking the bank! These tried and true easy methods will leave you saying, "I need to try that!"

Who doesn't love to look at beautiful DIY projects? Especially when you discover that these do-it-yourself projects are not only easy and affordable to implement but they also make an incredible statement and impact in a room! If you're struggling to come up with ideas to update up your own space, keep reading! The following 21+ DIY Interior Design Ideas will help you take your snoozer of a space and turn it into an exciting and interesting one without breaking your bank account! 

Grab your favorite snack or drink and get inspired with these 21+ Remarkable DIY Decor Projects that will leave you saying, "Wow!"

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! ;)

19 Colorful Bohemian Throw Pillows That Will Make You Say, "Wow!"

These bohemian throw pillows and bedding ideas are not only budget friendly, they are boho chic! Add bohemian style to your home with these boho throw pillow ideas!

I confess. I love a mis-matched room full of colorful patterns, textures and white walls. Are you just as intrigued by Bohemian design as I am?

Boho styled decor looks effortless and creative and has a sense of sophisticated whimsy. It's like you can throw all kinds of mismatched textures and patterns up in the air and let them fall and they somehow work!


If you're wanting to incorporate more Bohemian style into your bedroom or home, throw pillows are an easy and inexpensive way to play around with colors.


If you're new to mixing prints, Domino's Best Bohemian Decorating Ideas suggests starting small as you build up your boho home decor.


Use different printed accessories like rugs, throw pillows and hanging tapestry. This allows you to mix colors and patterns without giving in to a hard design commitment.

Painting Furniture with General Finishes Milk Paint

Painting furniture with General Finishes Milk Paint is a cinch! Learn how to prep and paint your old furniture easily with General Finishes Milk Paint!

I love a beautiful white painted piece of furniture!

White furniture always looks so fresh and clean, doesn't it?

I shared this White Painted Buffet Makeover and these Vintage White Painted Nightstands several months ago. I even painted a piano with white chalk paint®. That was a FUN project!

PAINTING FURNITURE WITH GENERAL FINISHES MILK PAINT

I love painting furniture with General Finishes for two reasons.

1. General Finishes paint is durable.

2. Their paint also gives amazing coverage! Unless you are painting over a light finish, you usually need a few extra coats when you're painting furniture white. However, I need fewer coats when I'm working with General Finishes Milk Paint!

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!

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. ;)