5 Ways to Transform Your Furniture
The latest trend for refinishing furniture is paint, but there’s more than one way to paint a piece of furniture. Luckily, there are several tutorials out there so even the beginner can successfully turn something old and boring into something fun and beautiful.
Glazing (Antiquing)
Stacy from Not Just a Housewife stenciled this end table with a diamond pattern and then finished it off with glaze. She has a great tutorial for how to use glaze to give furniture an antique look.
Kelsey from Tattered & Inked also used glaze over bright red paint to make the woodwork pop on this end table. I love how Kelsey and Stacy both used the same technique, but achieved a very different look.
Stenciling
Liz Marie stenciled the top of this end table, but left out the glaze to make it look fresh and clean. What a fun piece!
Chalk Paint
Chalk paint has been all the rave for refinishing furniture recently. I’ve been wondering what all the fuss is about. Liz Marie talks about the benefits of using chalk paint and she has a fantastic tutorial on how to make your own chalk paint at home.
Painting Laminate
Most of our old furniture at home is laminate and it would be nice to give it a face lift, but paint doesn’t stick to laminate very well. Centsational Girl shares a tutorial on how to achieve a store bought look with laminate (and without sanding!)
Oil Based Paint
Natty By Design uses oil based paint for many of her pieces. She share tips on how to paint with oil based paint and what brands work best. I love her high gloss style. It makes each piece have an expensive look.
Good Luck with transforming your boring old furniture into eye stoppers!
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Janny
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Diana
www.thegirlcreative.com
What great ideas! Thanks so much for sharing!
Allyson
http://cupcakescandycanes.blogspot.com
Great post! I am glad to know something can be done to transform some laminate pieces I have.
Thanks so much for sharing. I hav a really…. ugly side table that I’ve been wanting to paint and not sure how to deal with it’s laminate surface.
Beth
Great ideas for furniture!! I’m so flattered you linked up to my little party! Your blog is one of my VERY favorites!!! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Smiles!
Jami
http://www.blackberryvine.blogspot.com
Thanks for this list. I love tips like this. I have a couple pieces that I haven’t found the ‘perfect’ fix for yet. This list may be an answer.
~Kimberlee, The Spunky Diva
I can’t wait to do a fun furniture project. I think the top one is my favorite!
I love how you organized all these great ideas in one post – and with great pics too! I’ve stopped by many times and I’m now following, hope you follow my new blog back!! Thank you 🙂
I LOVE how you oraganized these great ideas and with great pictures too!!! I’ve stopped by many times, but made sure I’m following. I’d love it if you’d follow me back at my new blog: A Sunday Afternoon http://asundayafternoon.com/
Using oil based paints is something I intend to do… will check out what Natty by Design has to share before I move to my furniture. Thanks for sharing!!