the collected home
******* This post contains affiliated links . This means that we make a small commission from your purchase while your actual cost remains the same. ******* First of all I’d like to thank all of ya’ll for you kind, heartfelt commits about my last post. I know ya’ll like the personal stuff but I really did not expect the slew…
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One of the questions I get asked all the time is how in the world did I get started refinishing furniture. Today I’d like to tell ya’ll that story. For those of you who like the personal stuff I share here on the blog, today ya’ll are in luck 🙂 Well, my Mama was a DIY’er. I learned a lot…
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******* This post contains affiliated links to products that I have used on this project. We make a small commission from your purchase while your cost remains the same.******* A couple months back I scored this antique chest of drawers form a friend / coworker. You may recall…… Gorgeous piece, great original hardware in exceptional condition. All those qualities in one piece of…
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******* This post contains affiliated links to products that I used specifically for this project. We make a small commission from your purchase while your cost remains the same. ******* Ya’ll the junk furniture shortage is real here in western North Carolina. And FB Marketplace has lost it’s mind. Folks are listing dressers here for a hundred bucks and they don’t have…
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Several , several years ago , way before I painted furniture to sell I took a class in chalk painting. I took a wood table with me and in a room full of people who also brought pieces of furniture I learned a few things about the ins and outs of transforming castoff pieces in to masterpieces. Here is my actually piece…
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No, I am serious………. See what I mean??? The shape is definitely Bombay Chest –ish. This chest was a yard sale find for $20 and it’s been sitting in my garage ever since. The biggest reason it was left to die out there is it’s weight. Ya’ll it weighs a bloomin’ ton!!! So the junk furniture well is running pretty…
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