Confession: Occasionally I name my furniture makeovers. Do you too? I don’t all the time, but sometimes when I’m working on a bunch of different pieces at the same time for a market. It can get pretty confusing explaining to my husband which one I’m ready to paint or which one needs stained, like “the […] Read more…
This midcentury bookcase was an impulse buy, but for $12 how could I pass it up? You really can’t go wrong with buying a vintage bookcase to upcycle; almost everyone needs more shelf space in their home. As it waited for its update, I considered decoupaging paper onto the back like this bookcase makeover I […] Read more…
A few months ago I was browsing at a local volunteer-run resale shop, and the price tag for this antique dresser about gave me a heart attack. $850?! WOW. That makes the original price of last week’s Goodwill Lane chest seem like a bargain. I was so shocked that I had to see what […] Read more…
It was a Friday afternoon, and I popped into Goodwill as a last-minute decision when I was driving through the neighborhood. As usual, I headed straight through to the back where all the furniture was kept. My expectations were low. I leaned over the back of a big cabinet and something low to the ground […] Read more…
The market was fast approaching, and even though I had some really neat pieces ready to bring – a vanity, sideboard, desk, bookcase, chairs – I didn’t have a regular dresser (not that I’d hardly call this piece “regular”). So I searched for several days and finally found this pretty oak highboy – so. much. […] Read more…
Ahh Facebook – I have a love/hate relationship with you. More often than not, a piece of furniture with so much makeover potential will show up in my feed and at an amazing price – BUT it was posted 7 hours ago and already has 22 comments from eager buyers. Thanks a lot, Facebook. :p […] Read more…
Do you like to layer? Layered paint colors can give a plain piece of furniture so much more character, and this technique is even easy for beginners because there’s no right or wrong way to do it. This yard sale chest isn’t even real wood, but it almost doesn’t even matter since it turned out […] Read more…
This type of vintage chair makeover is pretty easy, and I used to do them all the time. I figured since I’m bringing a pretty desk to the Hunt and Gather market next week that I better have a pretty chair to set next to it, in case someone needs both. 😉 Here’s a simple […] Read more…
Happy (almost) 4th of July holiday to all my U.S. friends! The summer heat has kicked in and we’ve been busy enjoying activities with the kids while also getting everything ready for our next big vintage market next weekend (July 14-15). This bookcase will be there, along with a bunch of other new projects that […] Read more…
