The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
I was hoping we’d have more progress made in our living room since failing for the second time with a paint color, but alas, it is not so (obviously). Thus, up this post goes, and here’s hoping that it’s three times the charm…meanwhile I’ll go bury myself into a good Korean variety show to mellow […]
Have you ever gotten to a point where you’ve just had enough with how bad something looks in your house that you one day decide “screw research or planning”, brandish your paint brush and tools and tackle it? That’s what just happened when I declared war on our faux brick chimney. It’s actually where the […]
Having a piece of hefty original brass on a furniture piece or somewhere in your home is an amazing score. It may look dingy and worn now, but don’t toss it! That brass is worth it’s weight in gold, and you’ll see why after you see what an amazing difference one product can do to […]
Hullo! How y’all doing this fine Thursday? It’s been a weird week here with the much-dramatized winter storm turning out to be a dud, and then busy looking at houses (more on that later in the post). Project-wise, bit-by-bit the low dresser that I started painting is coming along nicely! I’m using General Finishes “Coastal […]
A lot of you who visit this blog seem to enjoy DIY and painting furniture (you’re my kind of people!) – some of my most popular furniture painting posts are the ones about painting with milk paint and gold-dipping. One thing that I’ve realized is missing from the equation in my posts though is the […]
