I am dying to find a dresser like this beautiful coral one that Destiny from A Place for Us painted. It looks similar in shape to the yellow painted dresser I did for a friend. The card catalog library pulls just makes me swoon. This is Destiny’s debut project here on IC, so give her some love. I know you will fall in love with her style like I did.
Reupholstering seems scary at first. I admit I was frightened the first time I did it. I think you will find the scariest part is ripping out the first staple. Jamie breaks it down in this easy tutorial on how to reupholster a chair and she is a newbie at this. If she can do it you can too! Plus the results are stunning!
Queen Anne style furniture was first developed in the 1700s. It is characterized by curvy legs and often includes carved shell and scroll motifs. I certainly didn’t pick these pieces of furniture because of that but rather because they were free.
My friend Jessica got this old dresser from a junk store in downtown Indy. Unfortunately they didn’t have all the hardware so she had to purchase some. Plus it was in pretty rough shape. I know I catch flack from some of you when I paint vintage furniture but when it isn’t {…Read More…}
If you missed the first two posts on the Pottery Barn Inspired Sports theme room click here for the reveal, and here for the vintage football scoreboard. Today I will show you how I transformed some rustic hand-me-down furniture with some blue paint to brighten up a boy’s room. My sister-in-law’s brother got {…Read More…}
I had the privilege of redoing this round barrel like table for an Indy Style viewer. The painted and stained combo is the perfect contrast in my book. Adding just a bit of distressing ties in the cream paint with the darker stain. Every month I am partnering with Indy Style, my local lifestyle show, {…Read More…}
I got this bench from my friend Julie who owns this adorable little antique shop in downtown Franklin, Indiana called Salvage Sisters. She bought a house “as is” with a truckload of furniture in it. She was ready to throw a bunch of stuff out and I got to pick through it. YYAY {…Read More…}
