How to Update a Family Hutch
Did you recently get your hands on a piece of family furniture that’s now collecting dust in your garage? Is it solidly constructed and in great shape but just not your “style?” I’m here...
Category: Furniture
Little Surfer Girl’s Bedroom Decor
When our friends asked me to help decorate their daughter’s new bedroom, I felt honored. With another one on the way, it was time for Whitney to move into a big girl room to...
Paint Pine Furniture with a Driftwood Effect
Do you have a drab old pine table that took up residence between your sofa and your love seat years ago? I can totally picture it. It does its job, it holds your lamp,...
How to Distress Furniture with Coconut Oil
I’m going to fill you in on a new tip to achieve an aged, distressed look on your painted furniture without sand paper. It took some convincing but I was finally allowed to take...
5 Most Popular Posts of 2014
The first full year of Restoration Writer (I launched in late November 2013) has been extremely exciting and rewarding for me! Through my mistakes and triumphs, I’ve learned so much about what it takes...
Update Fabric with Homemade Chalk Paint
I have to admit that halfway through this project even I was a little nervous. I mean, what was I thinking taking a paint brush to fabric? But I’m here to tell you that...
Distressed Navy End Table
Painting this beauty was a bold move for me. For some reason, pieces of furniture painted with dark colors seem to command more respect. But I’ve been afraid to experiment, until now. Enter the...
How to Transform an Ordinary Side Table
Do you have a plain, generic side table occupying space in your house? Maybe it was a hand-me-down or you picked it up at a yard sale. Whatever its origin, the table doesn’t fit...
DIY Driftwood Inspired Side Table
I just finished upcycling another piece of furniture and it has replaced this piece as my all-time favorite project to date. I have been dying to replicate the look of the driftwood floor we...
Upcycle a Side Table with Inexpensive Chalk Paint
I go through periods where I focus on a particular type of project for long stretches–sometimes I spend days snipping and arranging flowers, other times I can’t stop creating pallet wood signs. We recently...
