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old world style for a vintage honderich desk
When you refinish furniture, friends and family are always tagging you or finding furniture for you - which I absolutely love and have found some real treasures from! One day a couple weeks ago I got a...
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french provincial desk in navy
French Provincial furniture is a style I pick up whenever I can find it. It's beautiful refinished and carries bold colours and neutrals so well. I, of course, forgot to take a before photo, but you...
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refinishing an antique table
About six months ago I found this table on a local buy and sell group. The previous owner had used it on her sun porch and just didn't have a need for it anymore. Once I picked it up I realized how...
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refinishing a hope chest
When a customer contacted me recently and asked me to refinish her mother's mid century cedar chest to pass on to her daughter, I fit her into my schedule right away. I love doing pieces like this...
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classic farmhouse side tables
Lately I have been fortunate enough to find several sets of side tables, which any furniture refinisher knows is pretty rare! I often get asked when I post a side table for sale if I have a second...
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the perfect farmhouse grey
I found this pair of retro side tables on local buy and sell site. If you've been following the blog you know I talk about the near non-existence of a matching pair of side tables fairly frequently,...
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classic french provincial nightstands
Y'all. I swear it's the season of matching nightstands! I can honestly tell you in all my past years it's been an absolutely rarity, but this year it's abundant! Now that I say that I'll probably...
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the tale of the cabinet i've had for years
As a furniture refinisher, the rate of turn over is pretty fast. Things come in, get painted, get sold. That's not the case with this cabinet. I bought this cabinet to refinish at least three years...
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vintage pink for a brand new baby
A couple weeks ago on a group camping trip a friend of mine and I were chatting about refinishing her dresser for her babe on the way. She's not new to refinishing furniture, and I love chatting about...
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refinishing a glamorous dresser
Have you ever created a more glamorous look on a piece of furniture? It's not my typical style for pieces I buy and sell, but once in a while I get a custom piece in with a request for a bit of glam....
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pretty pop of colour
A few weeks ago a friend texted me about a bench she had. We had chatted about this bench in months previous, but it needed out of her garage now pronto! So into my shop it went!And it got covered in...
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Buffalo Check Bookshelf
Adding pattern into furniture painting right now is a growing style and so inspiring! If you have a plainer piece of furniture you want to add some interest to, why not paint it?When I found this plain...
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campaign style side tables in navy
I am a chronic furniture hunter. Even when I swear off buying furniture (because I have more than I have space for) I still am always looking. I found these side tables/night stands on a local buy...
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refinishing furniture in grey
As much as I love to do punchy colours on dressers and tables, I always love coming back to classic neutrals. My family likes to bug me because my house is tones of white and grey with blues mixed in...
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a french provincial dresser in blush
It's no secret that I love refinishing French Provincial pieces - especially dressers. They just look so dang good refinished! They're generally either wood toned or white. I picked up a French...
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a small chest of drawers in homestead blue - fusion mineral paint
There are some colours that I naturally gravitate towards, and have to make myself not paint every single piece of furniture in. One of them is blue - there are so many shades and tones of beautiful...
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Antique Hutch Refinished in My Favourite Colour
In all my years of refinishing furniture I am certain I have never been asked to refinish a piece quite as beautiful as this one. A client messaged me with pictures of her grandmother's hutch that had...
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a handmade cabinet gets a brand new look
It's been a while since I shared a project over here! I have been both plowing through custom work and taking a little time off to regroup and get my focus back.One project I recently finished was this...
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french provincial dresser in classic white
It's no secret that I love refinishing French Provincial furniture. Oddly enough, it's not my style for my own home, but it just looks so dang good painted! French Provincial furniture wears colour so...
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an old look for an old trunk
It's been a while friends! There is a lot to the business of refinishing furniture besides just painting, so but I am so happy to be able to share some new work with you!A customer recently dropped off...
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creating a weathered distressed look for a china cabinet
Long time no chat friends! I took a longer than anticipated break, and while I don't feel any more rested - ha! - I do feel very ready to get back to work!In December I finished a few projects up that...
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an elegant chest in elegance
Sometimes when you're refinishing a piece of furniture you start with one plan and it goes sideways - in a good way - and naturally comes together on it's own, coat by coat. This is one of those...
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an antique china cabinet in white
I have been fortunate over my painting career to paint some beautiful pieces for lovely clients. This piece is one of them:My client asked me if I could paint her antique china cabinet in a slightly...
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refinishing a vintage art desk
I picked up a small vintage desk a while ago and tucked it in the back of my little shop. Several days later a friend messaged me asking if I had any small desks for her to use to keep her sketchbooks...
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a dresser secretary with a completely different look
As a furniture refinisher, sometimes I pull pieces out of storage and wonder what on earth I was ever thinking buying it in the first place. This was one of those pieces. It's state was unfortunate...
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