Instead of expensive store-bought wall decor, you can rescue old windows and convert them into one-of-a-kind works of art. Reclaimed windows, glass, and wood are huge components of the shabby chic, antique, coastal or farmhouse style interiors. However, you don’t ...
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Feed SubscriptionThrift Store Upcycle: Stenciling an Upholstered Chair
How often do you search in vain for the perfect upholstered furniture with a specific fabric color and pattern, and just wished you could create your own? Now you can and it’s so simple and affordable, you’ll be amazed! In ...
Read More »Cherry Blossom Stencils Blooming with Possibilities
Every spring for a few weeks, cherry trees grace the world with their beautiful blooms. Sakura blossoms symbolize mortality, as they’re as quick to fade as they are to bloom. You can let the allure of cherry blossoms linger all ...
Read More »Painted Furniture Techniques by Finding Silver Pennies
Danielle of Finding Silver Pennies is a powerhouse of upcycled furniture projects, and everyone wants to know how she does it! Lucky for you, she’s sharing her tips and tricks in her new eBook On the Tip of My Paint ...
Read More »How to Stencil Furniture with Paint, Peel & Stick Canvas™
Here’s another tool for your toolbox for updating thrift store furniture finds! Royal Design Studio, an industry leader in pattern décor, wants make stenciling furniture even EASIER with their new Paint, Peel & Stick Canvas™. To show you how you ...
Read More »French Country Inspired Stenciled Tea Towels DIY
When imagining the French countryside, I dream of saturated color, sunshine, gardens and homegrown food cooked in rustic country kitchens. Ideally kitchens should be tucked into homes with stone walls, and with windows framed by wooden shutters that flaunt the ...
Read More »Bling Up Your Bookshelves with Stenciled and Gilded Books DIY
Recently in honor of Paint+Pattern’s celebration of France I posted about the gilding of the Palace of Versailles that had eye-popping over-the-top gold everywhere. Glorious eye candy for us regular folks. But there’s no reason why we can’t enjoy an easy gilding ...
Read More »Stencil Project Featuring…You?
There is nothing more inspiring to me than to see finished projects that our customers have done with our wall and furniture stencils! One of the things I am most excited about is that our new stencil website give us ...
Read More »Annie Sloan Tours America With Chalk Paint
The Annie Sloan North American Tour is ON! I’ve just returned from an exciting week in New Orleans, where Annie has kicked off her North American Tour by presenting an inspiring class to those of us who are privileged to ...
Read More »2012: Paint Your Next Blank Canvas
Welcome to a brand New Year! It is now time for the annual rite of making new promises to ourselves, setting new goals, attempting to discard bad habits. A fresh year bring a fresh slate; a blank canvas. Of course ...
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