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Best Painting Techniques Distressing Tutorials I love finding furniture pieces that have the perfect patina. But they're not always easy to find. A great alternative to the real thing is to create and use your own painting techniques distressing pieces to create a beautiful and authentic looking patina. This can be easily achieved and it will save you lots of money in the long run. As I said real authentic chippy pieces can be quite expensive and you have to be careful about the lead content in those pieces. Let's get started and create the perfect chippy aged patina. I've gathered the best of the best ways to add patina using different techniques. Creating Authentic Chippy Patina [tps_start_button label="Start slideshow" style="" class=""] ... View Post

Pottery Barn Inspired Look For Less Today's Pottery Barn inspired look for less was found on Amazon. I created a room design for under $800! If you've searched for furnishings on Pottery Barn you know how expensive it can be. Most of us are on a tight budget. If this is still out of your price range, then take what I'm sharing with you and search for pieces similar at thrift shops, garage sales or Craigs list. You may find similar pieces for less than what I'm sharing.  (This post contains affiliate links, please see disclosure policy)   You can see this look is easy to achieve. The sofa is simply a slipcover that you can add to your sofa. This is a super easy way to update a piece of furniture and not purchase a new sofa. I've shared my sofa in my living room. And that's ... View Post

Painting Tips Choosing An Accent Color Recently I had a subscriber ask me a painting tips question. "How do you decide what accent color to add on a piece of furniture that has details". This is a great question and one that I'm going to try to explain to you today.   Tips For Using An Accent Color This is one of my biggest painting tips on adding a highlight paint color on a piece of furniture. Use white or yellow based white paint color.  I always have these colors on hand. These colors can be used to accent any color. Let's say you're painting a piece of furniture Taupe and you want to highlight the details. I would use a yellow based white, because it's not as stark as the white. Unless you use pure white and soften it with another color as I did with this table. I added a ... View Post

Flooring Ideas Wood Ceramic VS Carpeting When we were building our current home we researched flooring ideas for our home. But, because of our budget we had to install carpeting in most of our rooms, some vinyl tile and solid wood floors. If money wasn't an issue we would have installed hardwood flooring in our entire home, with the exception of our bathrooms and laundry room. (This post contains affiliate links, see disclosure policy) In our previous home we ripped our our carpeting and had hardwood floors installed in every room, including the closets. With the exception of two bathrooms and our laundry room. I loved having those wood floors. They were so easy to keep clean and I never had to vacuum. Our current home will be ten years old in a few months and I'd love to ... View Post