I LOVE a good old antique box or chest! I’ve painted quite a few over the years. Here are a few examples: (If you’d like to see some more, you can head to the little “Search” tool on the right and type in “chest” or...
A “Poppy Door” Collaboration After seeing a picture of a door on Pinterest one morning (see below), I felt prompted to contact a new friend and artist, Dana Jensen, and I showed her the door and simply said, “I can imagine you doing something like...
I was given a few of these old vintage army boxes that my sister & brother-in-law were getting rid of. They sat in my workshop for a long time trying to decide what to do with them. So here’s what I came up with for this one. I had some Milk Paint in Kitchen...
One of the questions I get asked frequently is “How do you transfer graphics (images/words) to your furniture?” I love to transfer graphics on some of my painted furniture, like this beautiful antique chest. … and one of my favourite places to find...
What is Bleed Through? If you’ve been painting furniture for a while, you may have come across “bleed through” – the problem of the underlying stain or pigment of the stained wood, bleeding through the paint you have just coated your lovely...
Okay, you know the story – just because you’re husband might be a builder, doesn’t mean he has time to add that extension you’ve been wanting on the house, right? Or just because he might be an electrician, doesn’t mean that extra power...
