Painting furniture: A coffee table makeover
This coffee table went from well-loved and worn, to beautiful in black. Painting furniture is a great way to change up a room, prolong the life of your furniture, and bring quality pieces back to life. This coffee table makeover to Onyx black is a prime example. Did you know that the best times to […]
Navy bedroom set
Want to bring colour to your bedroom, but without making the walls feel “heavy”? What about a navy bedroom set to bring sophistication and tradition together in a bold, but neutral palette? It’s funny, but since I graduated cabinetmaking school, I’ve been inundated with requests to refinish furniture? A couple of orders to make furniture, […]
Dining table and chairs makeover
I have a new-ish refinishing “finish” for you to try… like this mennonite dining table and chairs makeover that went completely MATTE! Happy weekend! So something happened when I finished cabinet-making school… Suddenly I received a rush of orders for refinishing projects? Normally I’d say no, and focus on building projects, but a girl’s gotta […]
How to refinish wood furniture
With this sideboard makeover, in a two-tone finish, it was a perfect time to review my “How to refinish wood furniture” tips, tricks, products and what-not-to-do’s for both painted and stained furniture. Product list to the items I use regularly are lower in the post. Amazon affiliate links I have been building and refinishing furniture […]
Black bookcase stunner
A $30 find, patched, painted and finished with a bead board backing, turned into this black bookcase stunner! Thursday I showed off the black desk makeover and gave a little sneak peek at the bookcase I refinished to make an office combo. I won’t go through every single step again, if you want to know […]
Boring brown to bright white nightstands
These were our boring brown nightstands before I built our PB knock-off ones. They are about 15 years old (we bought a bedroom set when we got married) and they are decent quality, but they have a few scuffs here and there. (They are particularly dusty because they’ve sat in my She-Shop for months) I […]
Oak Cabinet Makeover
How was your weekend? We had AMAZING weather here all weekend – which is strange because last week we saw frost in the mornings. This global warming thing is playing havoc with our seasons (but this weekend it was to our advantage). I spent almost every minute of the last three days in my workshop […]