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Have you ever hated your house? Us girls can be good at hating things. We talk about hating our thighs, hating our jobs, hating our insecurities. But you know what? God wants so much more for us. What if we recognized the amazing blessings that we have been given? The house that is only five…
If you want to get started with furniture painting, you’ll need good-quality furniture paint and an excellent paint brush (or several!). Learn the best chalk paint brushes to get started. Plus, what you will need for waxing furniture and how to care for your new brushes. These days, a lot of furniture painters are using…
Does anyone else wonder how to add good old-fashioned character to a cookie-cutter house? There is something that is so wonderful about old homes and the character they bring, but they also can come with difficulties, large expenses, and overwhelming updates. At our current time in life, owning a relatively new house (roughly 30 years…
Happy Monday friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and got a chance to enjoy some beautiful summer weather. My weekend was filled with painting, family, and some delicious treats (back to healthier stuff starting today!). I also found time to finish up this little end table project that had been languishing in my…
Use my seven helpful tips for how to distress chalk paint in order to get the most authentic look when you are painting furniture with chalk paint. Over the weekend, I worked on finishing up a few mini painting projects that needed to be distressed and waxed. These two cute little farmhouse stools I had…
If you are new to furniture painting and wondering where to start, the whole process can be a bit overwhelming. Should I sand before starting? Chalk paint or latex? Rustoleum or Annie Sloan? Do I need polyurethane or wax or nothing? Cabinet grade paint maybe?? The truth is, painting furniture is a lot of fun…
Well friends, the hutch project is finally done! After navigating the difficulties of knotty pine (ze worst) and painting some portions of this hutch about 5x total (sob), and using two (TWO!) cans of $$$ Annie Sloan paint, it’s all finished. Today, I’m sharing finished photos, a quick overview of how I transformed this piece,…
You guys. Garage sale season. It’s like farmer’s market season…but slightly less Instagram-able and a lot more VHS tapes. In other words, I totally love it. It all started when I was a little kid and discovered the bargains that could be had on Beanie Babies at garage sales. My brother and I would hound our…
So. Painting this hutch has been an interesting project to say the least. Before this project, I was fairly confident in my refinishing abilities. I’d experimented with several different pieces of furniture, different brands of “chalk-style” paint, and variations on prep (like priming and sanding). I had encountered bleeding finishes (where the original stain…
