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Do your floors need refinished? I'm sharing an extremely detailed tutorial of how to refinish hardwood floors like a pro!
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Do your floors need refinished? I'm sharing an extremely detailed tutorial of how to refinish hardwood floors like a pro!
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If you've ever wondered how to paint your old wooden furniture, well then today's post is for you! Welcome to my beginner's guide to painting furniture. I'm a huge fan of doing big things on a small budget. I think you can create something awesome and not have to spend a fortune to do so. It just requires creativity and the willingness to get your hands dirty. Painting old thrift store furniture is one of the ways I do that. Here's my favorite find ever, my bedroom dresser. I scored it secondhand for only $50, and completely transformed it with some homemade chalk paint. See chalk paint recipe here....scroll down to tip #6. I absolutely love the way it turned out. This dresser was a total score, and I knew immediately that I could turn it into a piece I would love for a long time. Here is how it originally looked the day I brought it home. This thing was a total ugly duckling at first. And this 'before' pic does it way more justice than it deserves. It was a dirty, smoky, beaten up, rickety old dresser. It took a lot of work to transform this dresser into such a babe, but it was well worth it! Here's how I did it: #1. I took out the drawers and removed the handles. #2. Sanded the whole thing down with my trusty sander. #3. Coated the whole thing with Zinsser Primer. (See why you should prime first here.) #4. Painted the drawers & frame with 2 coats of Behr Premium 'Creamy White' that I converted into chalk paint. If you use chalk paint, you can actually skip the sanding and priming part, but I wanted this dresser to be really durable so I did it anyways. #5. Once the paint was thoroughly dry, I put the drawers back in and screwed in the hardware. Then I finished the whole thing with Minwax Finishing Wax (Amazon Affiliate link). All you do is rub some of it on the furniture with a rag and then buff it out. It buffs out to a beautiful finish, and makes painted furniture look fabulous. I usually change out the hardware when I redo furniture, but the hardware on this piece was pretty, so I just left it alone. My favorite tip is to paint the insides of your drawers. It looks beautiful and it gets rid of any smells or stains. I'm totally hooked on painting the insides of drawers now. Best upgrade to an old dresser ever! You can see more about how to do that here. I love the way the dresser turned out, and love the way it looks in the master bedroom. If you want to read more about our bedroom, you can check out this post about the 10 different looks this room has had since the start of this blog and all of the crazy mistakes I've made along the way! I can almost guarantee you'll enjoy it. :) And thanks so much for stopping by today! I'm so glad you're here! For related posts, please check out the following: How To Paint Laminate Furniture 10 Thrift Store Furniture Makeovers Bedroom Decorating Mistakes & Lessons Follow my blog with Follow my blog on or or Subscribe to LiveLoveDIY with email! Enter your email address: -->
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