Up-cycling is always a great, budget friendly solution to changing up your furniture. An Up-cycle Challenge was put out by Essential Stencil (for which I am an ambassador), and I was keen to find something from around our house to upcycle and join in the fun. I love...
From Golden Pine Chipped Varnish, to Modern Wash & Paint Combo Cotswold Green Bedside drawer beginnings … These bedside tables had served a great purpose for many years, when I received them from a friend who was getting rid of furniture recently. I would...
How to Create a Sea Swept Finish with Salt Impasto Artisan Salt Impasto is a powder that can be mixed with any water based paint to form a paste. When applied to furniture or other decor surfaces, it creates a textured finish similar to the sea sprayed salt washed up...
Easy Farmhouse crate I bought several of these wooden IKEA crates a while back, and have been using them as stacked shelving storage for some of my paint products. But since moving into our new house 6 months ago, we’ve built garage shelving for my paint stock,...
This Tall Edwardian Trolley came to my stash of furniture several years ago when I purchased it at an Antique Fair that came to town. I used it in my workshop for years to put paints on that I was using for my own pieces and for workshops held at my home. It was in...
TV Tray Tables Before: We’ve had these TV tray tables since we received them as a wedding gift over 27 years ago! They’ve kept pretty well, although somewhere along the way, one was broken beyond repair. So we were left with three sitting on the stand that...
