The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
Adding a glaze to a piece you are working on is a very quick and easy way to get more of an antiqued effect. When painting furniture I’m always inspired by Restoration Hardware, and this gray dresser was no exception. I was digging RH’s “antiqued graphite” color, but wanted to take the antiqued wood “look” a […]
Hello, peeps! Welcome to another episode of “painting furniture for my mom“. ;-) This vintage secretary desk used to be my grandmother’s (or my Mommom as we called her) and now my mom has it in her guest room. The piece has something unique I haven’t seen before with secretary desks; open side shelving. In […]
A lot of you who visit this blog seem to enjoy DIY and painting furniture (you’re my kind of people!) – some of my most popular furniture painting posts are the ones about painting with milk paint and gold-dipping. One thing that I’ve realized is missing from the equation in my posts though is the […]
Yikes. It’s been crazier than usual this week: holidays, painting some new furniture, trying to buy a house… Oh yeah. I guess I haven’t told y’all. But first, more on the table. A gal who is in the process of furnishing her apartment saw and loved the gold-dipped side table I did, and requested if I […]
This post is for all of you, myself included, who sigh as you look at Restoration Hardware goodies, and then sigh again in defeat at the prices. If you love industrial, rustic, antique, minimalist, and/or neutral decor, you have come to the right place, my friend. May I present to you some of the very […]
