If only orange oak would stay a beautiful light color as it does when freshly sanded. As soon as it is touched with top coat, as you know, the orange color pops out of hiding. And it’s not that I don’t absolutely adore it’s luscious wood grain. I do! The goal for my style of… Read More How To Neutralize Orange Oak – No Bleach
These solid wood sturdy dressers from the 60’s are the best for an updated makeover and especially this one with it’s unique drawer configuration. Raised Stencil Technique Lesson Learned I thought the stencil design across the top 4 drawers was the perfect solution for adding a trendy design. Ideally, the plan should have worked perfectly,… Read More Little Black Dresser – Raised Stencil Lesson
See a dirty antique, web caked, weathered piece from decades of storage in a rural Mason barn come back to life. I found her in an estate sale. Only a fellow painter would have noticed her potential! Frankly, that the mirror is near perfect is truly amazing! She now has decades of modern use to… Read More True Barn Find Vanity
The two-color painted furniture style is a simple solution for the modern dresser pick-me-up. It seems to look best on pieces with mostly linear architecture. I wouldn’t use a two-color style on an antique frilly piece having lots of details and curves. It wouldn’t fit right, I don’t think. But this piece, with the toothy… Read More Two-Color Painted Dresser
The first Antique Coral Victorian Dresser was so fun to create I did it again. When any Victorian dresser comes my way again, she will likely get the same treatment: decoupage inside architectural frame of drawers, carnival stripes somewhere, cool chic hardware and embellished keyholes and knob back plates. I regret that I didn’t get… Read More Blended Colors Under Decoupage Tissue
My house is filled with white distressed. It goes with everything no matter what gets changed or swapped out – accent pieces, wall color or comforters. When I get a chance for a super good wood reveal, I go for a heavy distress. Cute dresser perfectly sized for any room, large or small made from… Read More Every Lake or Farm House Must Have White Distressed Dresser
For the last couple of years, Mid-Century Modern furniture and home decor has been on the rise. I didn’t think it would be as much of a thing as it seems to be today. Even string art is back by popular demand – hard to fathom! I love MCM furniture but not the teal and… Read More Hair Pin Legs and Navy Chalk Paint Modernize Mid-Century Drab
These old and cheap maple bedroom pieces are becoming a fast favorite for updating. They are plain flat and plain, lighter weight than antique furniture and have the flange drawer design. I see them now as a blank canvas to do with as I wish. At first sight I saw it black with cup handles… Read More Updated MCM Side by Side
REDUX (RE-DO) MAKEOVER She sat in my booth for 3 months and on FaceBook Marketplace without a single inquiry – scroll down to see her first makeover. After a while the 2 top drawer orange started to wear on me despite that it was birds eye maple. Her organic theme didn’t seem to resonate with… Read More Organic Basil Sage Antique Dresser Redux
Seagull Gray Magnolia vanity makeover including how I fought with the veneer and won. … Read More How I Fought Veneer and Won!
