Category: Furniture Flips

  • How to properly paint furniture

    How to properly paint furniture

    Painting a piece of furniture is a great way to redo some thing for your home or a great way to flip something to sell. Paint is generally inexpensive and creates a big impact. There are lots of different paint varieties out there and it can be confusing to know which ones will last the…

  • Thrifting and Flipping a vanity seat

    I wanted to make a vanity seat for my daughters room and finally found the perfect little seat at the thrift store. It needed some love, so I set out to refinish it for her. This is part of a two part project. The other part was making the cushion to go on top of…

  • No sew upholstery Cushion

    No sew upholstery Cushion

    Materials: Step 1: Cutting the foam After sourcing all of the materials I needed to make this no sew cushion, I started with the foam. I knew the size of the seat it was going to go on, so I used that as a measurement. I cut the foam to the measurements of the wood…

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    Repairing Furniture with Bondo

    A little bit ago I shared a tutorial about a mirror makeover using spray paint. You can see that makeover HERE. Part of that makeover I didn’t share was how I used bondo to repair missing parts of the frame. When I was redoing this mirror, it originally had cross sections in it that looked…

  • I found an old mirror at my local thrift store for $5 and I knew it wanted it right away. I am currently remodeling my bathroom and thought it might be a cute fit in there somewhere. My house has arches, and circles everywhere in the architecture. Our front door has a circle window, and…

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    How to remove layers of paint

    Hello! Im back again with another post about restoring old hardware. Im currently remodeling my bathroom and one of the things I love most about our house is the vent covers. They are unique, and one of a kind. In addition to not being able to find this exact size of covers anywhere in stores…

  • Week 7 is already here somehow! In the beginning it felt like the weeks were going by so slowly, and things were just slowly moving along. This is probably since I was doing so much demo and I was very over it haha. But the time is flying by now, and I could really use…

  • How to design your own chair

    Another element we added to the kids room when we renovated it, was their own desks. I wanted then to have space in their rooms to do homework , and create. With the desks came fun chairs. I wanted something art deco and fun, yet affordable. Here is what I came up with. I think…

  • I am addicted to thrifting. I go to my local thrift store at least once a week, just to see what treasures I can find. I admit it. I know I am addicted. I just can’t help the feeling I get when I see something that was donated and discarded, and I know I can…

  • One of the biggest problems I have run into while re-doing our home is that I like nice things, but don’t always have the budget for them. A lot of my DIY skills have developed because I want to do the project for a reasonable amount, but also want it to be a quality item…