Antique Finds It’s always fun when you find hidden treasures in vintage or antique furniture when you go to clean them up and paint or restore them. Remember the time I found a stash of old newspaper clippings (from 1899), receipts and other things in the seats...
A Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint Experiment for a Farmhouse Finish To create this Farmhouse Finish, I wanted to try using the new Stain & Finishing Oil by Homestead House Paint Company, as a base. I had a feeling it might work well under Miss Mustard...
Fusion Mineral Paint’s Ultra Grip – Is it necessary? In this post, we’re doing to discuss the use of Ultra Grip, including a few video tutorials where I talk about it more in depth – when I use it, when I leave it out (which is most of the...
Before Makeover – Decisions to Make This large dresser drawer set (some might consider it a side-board) was destined to be painted, but I needed to make some decisions about HOW I was going to paint it. More specifically, what PREP was I going to use, to ensure...
Do you have a cane basket? This French Country Basket idea is so easy. Maybe you still have one of those wicker or cane baskets laying around the house somewhere from a craft “someday” project? Go grab it NOW! You’ll flip over how super easy it is to...
Balloon back chair headed for the dumpster When my father-in-law saw this balloon back chair outside his apartment complex, he made a few enquiries, found the owner and discovered it was headed for the nearest dumpster as it needed repairs done to the legs where they...