Drop Leaf Gate Leg Table Makeover

My friend Jen gave me this drop leaf table months ago.  An antique drop leaf, gate leg table to be exact.  She was planning on throwing it out, but thought maybe I could make something of it…. keep that in mind – this was a curb-bound piece of furniture. Fair enough – it did need a bit […]

Furniture Makeover – Antique Farmhouse Table/Desk

Antique farmhouse table makeover

Traffic on the blog really fluctuates based on the topic – maybe it’s the day of the week or time that things are posted (you may have noticed, if you subscribe, that your e-mails have been arriving at different times of late), and I’m trying to figure out what it is you really want to […]

Furniture Makeover – Game Table

Game table / Kitchen table makeover

I have been a furniture machine over here lately.  My hands are as rough as sandpaper, and my hair is spattered with paint and I have some GREAT makeovers to show you. First up, and this one was a real PITA, is this game table; I’m going to guess and say that the red splatter art […]

Pre-Tween Girls Bedroom Makeover

I have been putting this makeover off for as long as I possibly could. I mean I ADORE this mural: In case you don’t recognize it, it’s from the story “Guess How Much I Love You” – and we had it painted when Chloe was a baby. She was our ‘gentle bunny – and the […]

How to Brighten Your Bedroom

How do I shorten the title “How to brighten your bedroom without buying lighting”?  “Brighten Your Bedroom on a Dime?”  “Tired of Being in the Dark?”  I was stumped – I want this post Google friendly, but coming up with a way to combine ‘cheap’, ‘brighten’ and ‘bedroom’ escapes me…. So I’ll delve in; I […]

Partial Refinish

Partial refinish - when all you need is to clean up the top

Not every piece of furniture you come across needs to be stripped down to the bare bones, or maybe I should say not ALL of it needs to be stripped down. How many of you have a dresser that is in perfect condition except for the top? It’s the surface that takes the most abuse. […]