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I am so loving all of these furniture makeovers from Dena at Happy.Home.Austin - make sure you go and “like” her Facebook page – so many great things there! There are lots of techniques one can use to make a newly painted piece of furniture look a bit more “lived in.” Here I will show you [ Read More... ]
I am so happy Dena is back today from Happy Home.Austin All the rage these days in the painted furniture world is Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. It covers easily, with no sanding or priming required, dries quickly, and leaves a hard, protective finish. However, with it being a relatively new-to-us product out of the UK, [ Read More... ]
You guys have met Dena, right? Dena has shared her locker basket makeovers and rocking chair redo recently and I am blown away every.single.time she posts new pics on Facebook. Just look at this turquoise goodness of the trestle table makeover: And these awesome before and afters… You’ll have to go to FB to [ Read More... ]
Dena’s back again with another amazing makeover…psst…visit her Facebook page to see another amazing makeover. I was asked if I could refinish this old rocking chair. I said “Sure!” without any hesitation. I have been refinishing furniture for a few years now, and while I am no pro, I was confident that I [ Read More... ]
Last night I was out in the garage/studio quilting and Mr. BP came out to bring me a coffee. We started chatting about all of the changes in our lives these past six months and it has been quite the adventure. If you would have asked me last year at this time if this is [ Read More... ]
Months ago I found this vintage door at one of my favorite local places, Red Shed Antiques. I saw it leaning on the outside of their shed and knew it was perfect for my then future studio space. So, every time it has been sunny, I have drug it out on the driveway for another [ Read More... ]
A while back I had a client ask me to create a round ottoman for her family area. Her boys are young so we wanted no sharp edges, able to handle play but still look good. So, I started with a pre-cut 36″ round piece of pine. You could start with plywood, but I [ Read More... ]
I have backed several bookcases in my time, but this is the easiest and fastest way I have found. {Disclaimer: I begged the homeowner, also the owner of this gorgeous island, to let me paint and distress this into happiness. While I love it now with the burlap, I still think it could go up [ Read More... ]
The bunk room as we are calling it is moving forward – not as fast as I would like, mainly because I was stumped as to how I wanted to finish out the room. One thing that we knew is that we needed a storage center for easy access to toys and books. [ Read More... ]
We had such a fun morning with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint… Old Ochre was used to transform a framed mirror in a client’s bedroom… We were doing two different areas (I will share the other project later this week), so Mr. BP volunteered to help me out… Filling the screw holes [ Read More... ]
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