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An Easy Way to White Wash Your Old Cane Furniture
Want to update your old cane furniture? Here's one easy DIY method for creating a white wash look on cane pieces!…
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How to Make a Farmhouse Sign – ft. Essential Stencils
A Farmhouse Sign with Wood Trim FREE full tutorial video at the end of this post! Farmhouse Sign Pinterest Boards! I have been eyeing…
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Create an Antique Basket with a Thrift Store Find in this EASY Jamie Lundstrom DIY Project
A Project from Jamie Lundstrom’s book: French Vintage Décor To create this “antique basket” look, you may already have an old cane basket laying…
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Stenciling on Stools for an Industrial Farmhouse Style Makeover
Add a little Industrial Farmhouse Style to your furniture with this fun and easy update. These two stools came from one of my op-shop…
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How to Antique an Ornate Frame using Miss Mustard Seed’s Zinc Wax
Antique Ornate Frame When I originally bought this large old ornate frame it had a vintage print in it. And I replaced the picture…
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Home Decor on a Budget – Op Shop or Thrift Store Finds
It is possible to do home decor on a budget! It’s actually super easy to create beautiful home decor on a budget, and lately…
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2 Kmart DIY Hacks to Try – Including a $5 Christmas Tree Hack!
Kmart DIY Hacks I have not ONE – but TWO Kmart DIY hacks to share with you today. A hack using some cool hairpin…
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It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas Crafts!
Christmas Crafts, Op Shopping and Up-cycling Anyone else enjoy getting their DIY Christmas Crafts done early? I’ve had a few smaller projects going on…
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Amazing Farmhouse Finish to Try Right Now using Milk Paint over SFO!
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…
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5 Tips to Help Your Cling On & Staalmeester Brushes Last Longer.
Quality Brushes – essential tools for your Furniture Painting Kit! There’s nothing like great quality brushes to get the best finishes on your painted…
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I'm a furniture painter & restorer from Brisbane, Australia, who loves to up-cycle and repurpose old neglected pieces and bring them back to life again. Are you a thrifty DIYer or home renovator? Keen to make transformations in your own home? Let me inspire you and help you in your DIY Furniture Painting journey with educational tutorials, tips and furniture makeovers. You’ll be surprised what could be hiding in your house gathering dust, that could be given a completely new lease of life! As a mother of four young adults, and wife to a busy self-employed audio/video guy, life can be crazy at times, so painting furniture is a bit like therapy for me! What about you? Join me as we learn together. There are such a variety of ways of making old things become new again!