The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
To distress furniture, all you need are a few common tools and a water-based paint such as my preferred choice, milk paint. Milk paint is a low VOC water-based paint that requires no sanding, stripping or priming prep work, allowing for you to immediately start painting! I had a small entry table waiting in the […]
Disclosure: This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. A few weeks ago I mentioned that I would be painting a side table for my mom. Now that I’ve had a small break between film shoots, it’s finally done! This is my first time trying out General Finishes milk paint, and I’m really enjoying […]
On the last post having to do with my first attempt at trying milk paint to paint a piece of furniture, this is where we left off: As expected, milk paint is unlike anything I’ve used before, but so far it looks like it’s coming along ok. I’m putting another coat or two on it […]
Tufted headboards are pretty popular these days. Do a google or pinterest search, and you will find a ton of blogs about how to make a tufted headboard. As I mentioned (see previous post), I had become inspired to make the Tall Tufted Headboard by West Elm, and with some finagling pulled it off for a […]
Recently we went with my bro & sis-in-law to an estate sale and snagged this set of mirrors for $15 (after haggling the price down of course! lol). I recently got them up in the dining room, which makes them the first thing on the walls since we painted the room. For the record, I […]
