This wood is staying natural so instead of filling with wood filler or bondo I am going to show you how to make a compression veneer patch.
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Category: Tips and Tricks
Leather Color Repair Using Preval vFan Airbrush
Just got this badass air brush from Preval to do leather touch-ups also wanted it for inside chair legs and spraying on stencils (so stay tuned). Today I am using it for my first ever leather touch-up.
Touch-up Painted Kitchen Cabinets With Preval Sprayer
Today I am doing a touch-up painted kitchen using Preval Sprayer. This little sprayer packs a good punch she can atomize your custom mix just perfectly!
Why Prepping Wood for Painting is So Important
I hear it over and over, ” I want paint you don’t need to prep” or “do I really have to do all that sanding?” I call BS on any paint that suggests you don’t need to prepare your wood first. Would you serve a beautiful home cooked meal on dirty plates? Would you take […]
Repairing Chipped Wood
How to use wood filler on chipped wood, and make a mold to form the shape. Small chips & dents we can mostly live with but large chunks of wood missing from some misshap just needs to be fixed.
FREE Furniture Painting eBook!
I get so many questions so often about painting furniture and I love to share my knowledge with all of my followers. So I gathered all of the information and wrote down every step put it neatly in a little eBook just for you.
Kitchen Makeover – Using Aqua Coats White Cabinet Wood Grain Filler
Jess (from Kaleidoscope Interiors) and I where thrilled to be part of this makeover bonus this is the first kitchen we have documented using Aqua Coats White Cabinet Wood Grain Filler and we wanted to bring you along for the journey.
How to Adjust and Fix Hinges
European hinges can be confusing and sometimes you don’t want to touch something and risk messing them up more. Read set by step how to adjust.
Re-Upholstering Dinning Room Chair Seats
We show you how to recover chair seats. We also disscuss how to center your material. We show you how the professionals do it.
Donating Durning the Holidays
Every fall I find myself go through every closet / kids room / and drawer in the house. I subconsciously do it as soon as the leaves start falling. With each load to the resale shop and recycling bin I feel better lighter almost. As if weight has been lifted. My organizational skills are in […]
Wood Bleaching
Bleaching, is not just for white clothes. Yes, you can bleach wood but there are some important steps to follow. We show you the wood bleaching process.
Product List For Painting Furniture
Ready to get started on your next DIY painting project? Do you have everything you need? Even for seasoned DIY’ers, the supply list for a new project can sometime be daunting. And you usually end up making at least one run to the hardware store mid-project anyway when you run out of something! 🙂 […]
Saving Memories
Written by UpCycle Girl Tara When my client asked me to restore her grandmother’s stool, I was more than thrilled. My roots in the restoration industry have been with true antiques. I have spent years studying and learning about authenticity, visiting historical places and learning proper restoration practices. This particular stool just needed new upholstery. […]
3 Options for Stripping Furniture
Stripping furniture three options on removing the old finish.
3 Best Wood Fillers
There are tons of posts on car bondo wood filler, which I do indeed use quite a bit however there are also other options out there that I would like to share with you plus I will share the surfaces the fillers would be used on.