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I love the versatility of chalk paint. The ease in which it goes on, the coverage, the opaque colors. I don't love all the steps that go into making over a piece of furniture. My routine is to paint, wax, distress, dark wax, dust and dry. Sometimes you just want...
I have been waiting for a three-day weekend to be able to tackle this dresser upgrade for some time. Labor Day weekend was IT! Despite the 100 degree temperatures, I slugged down gallons of water, secluded myself in the garage with my paint and got to work. Here’s the...
My list of chalk painting projects is NOT getting any shorter. It feels as though I always have a piece or three that are “in progress.” It’s my own doing. When we built our house, I convinced myself it was an ideal time to lighten up the office furniture with a chalk...
Alternate title: How to horrify your husband. I wish you could have seen "Big Daddy's" (aka, the hubs) face when we were dropping off a load to Goodwill and I returned to the car clutching this fantastic find."Put it back." "No." "We're here to give things away. Not...
This is a thrift flip I've been wanting to try for a while! I'll show you a cheap way to make glass and ceramics look like stone or cement vases. It's super easy, and you don't need to stop with the paint - you can stamp on them too! Hope you enjoy! Resources below.PS...
The hottest technique in thrift flips these days is to resurface something outdated with a "cement-like" finish. It's pretty simple really, you just mix baking soda and paint together, but I still had questions about the mechanics of this combination and how I might...
(I received product to review for this post. All opinions are my own.)Let’s talk couture for a minute - Chalk Couture! How long has it been since you got really excited about new craft products? Maybe today long because have you seen Chalk Couture and its innovative...
This upcycling desk glamup was just the right project to feed my furniture thrift flip habit. Have you ever had a piece of furniture that was really well-made but maybe is not your current style? Or maybe you have a sentimental attachment to it, but it just doesn’t...
Every month, a friend and I take our little budding brickmasters to the Lego store for their free mini-build. It’s always something adorable, take a few minutes to do, and we drop some cash on new mini-figs or a themed Lego-set before we leave.As per usual, the...
Little obsessed with antiqued bottles these days.Want to learn how you can make your own steampunk-inspired antique looking but not antique bottles? Let’s go! I made a slew of these for our recent Craft Exchange, and I loved each one more than the one before. Warning,...
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