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Furniture

Furniture

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Furniture makes the room! Have you ever wondered how to best place the furniture in your house, or which style of furniture would work best in your design scheme? When you're looking for furniture inspiration, browse photos posted by Hometalk members of their furniture successes, and, well, furniture purchases that didn't work so well. From repairing furniture to buying new furniture, and even building your own furniture, Hometalk is the first and only stop when it comes to talking about furniture.



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  • I used these products to get the finish I was looking for.
  • They look brand new!
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  • Now we can enjoy these chairs on our new deck.
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How to Paint Vintage Metal Chairs

I have had these chairs for years. They were old when I got them! I have painted them several times, but the paint just chips right off. This time, I took all of the right steps to make that paint hold on tight!

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DaisyMaeBelle - Melissa Murfreesboro, TN Yesterday
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    Kass Spitaleri 4 minutes ago
    Thank you for this info. I have the glider and chair from my childhood and one chair from my ...»
    sweet mother in law. They are all gone but the memories of those chairs and our all sitting in them is fresh in my mind and heart. I am going to use the products you mentioned.

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  • I started by removing the covers and washing them.
  • I labeled the "fluff" taken from the back cushions so I wouldn't get confused when it was time to re-stuff.
  • I used this quilt batting ($9.99 at Walmart) to beef up the cushions.
  • I simply trimmed the batting and wrapped it around the bottom cushions to boost their fluff-ability. Yep. That's the technical term. ;)
  • I put the covers back on the new beefed-up cushions and now my couch looks as good as new.
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  • Now if I can just keep this guy off the couch. 4
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How to Make an Old Couch New Again for $10

I may have mentioned a few - or a million - times how much I love my living room couch. Well, after two years of lovin', my beloved couch was starting to show some wear. The notorious ...»
mystery spots were starting to appear and some wrinkles and sags were forming in the cushions. Time to start Mission: Couch Rejuvenation ...

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Living Rich on Less - Sus... Huntingdon, PA 2 days ago
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    Mella J 21 minutes ago
    Best pet repellent for furniture ever....buy a roll of cheap carpet protector, the clear ...»
    plastic kind with the little nubbies on the bottom. You can get 6ft for about $6 at Walmart. Put it on the furniture nubby side up. My friend came up with this idea for her leather couch to keep her dog off and she puts it in the bottom of her closet where her cat likes to go and hide, keeps the cat hair off her low hanging clothes. I have used it to keep our neighbors dog (who we love but is really hairy) off my porch furniture.

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Refurbish old wicker chairs and tables

Does anyone have an easy way to refurbish older wicker furniture? The legs of our wicker chairs, love seat and table are unraveling as well as they need painting. (will spray painting ...»
do?) How do I fix the unraveling legs? Thanks, hope someone can give me some ideas!!

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Audrey G Utica, NY Yesterday
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    Lin R 1 hour ago
    Audrey G so glad you asked this question because I have a rocker on my porch that needs a ...»
    little work also. So glad there is Hometalk and all you smart DIYers and pros out there!

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Queen Size Door Headboard Made With a Slab Door - Painted Chelsea Gray

One of our good Customers requested a tall Queen sized door headboard to be color matched with existing cues from her home. The Sherwin Williams color she chose was a slightly modified ...»
Chelsea Gray in a satin finish.

We added trim i n a rectangular pattern on the front.

She just forwarded me a pic of what it looked like installed in her bedroom. VERY NICE!!!

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Vintage Headboards Frisco, TX 2 hours ago
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Cleaning & Organization: Does anyone know how to clean a very dirty "fawn" color leather couch?

When I bought these two couches in 1999, they cost me like $6,000+. The back cushions are not tacked down by anything and they are always getting squished down and well the thing looks ...»
sloppy (wish I'd known that they would do that before I purchased them! Que Sera, Sera!) and now with 3 toddler boys and others the color doesn't even look like what it was. They've been pretty beaten up; however, the frame is strong and they were expensive, what to do or is there anything I can do? They have been cleaned by people using the worst things so they are really in bad shape as far as the leather goes. Is there a way to re-stain them? (Though every scratch in the leather will show up pronounced, wow, I'm talking myself out of this!)

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    Priscilla E 2 hours ago
    Try cleaning with a bar of Dove Soap. I cleaned a white leather to new with Dove.
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Furniture: Wooden Crate Delimma

Everyone was really helpful with my chaise lounge color, I'm hoping to get your creative input for a wooden crate I bought just because it was cool. It appears to be a very sturdy, old ...»
military shipping piece. Medical stuff. It measures 30" x 17 x 15. I thought maybe a table, but I'm not feeling any good ideas yet. Maybe you all could let me know if you have ever done one like or have seen one finished up. Took pics.

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Frankie Laney Oceanside, CA 3 hours ago
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  • A whimsical fairy garden.  http://alittlefurinthepaint.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-kettle-fairy-garden-2013.html
  • Vintage cups and plates repurposed into craft supply holder.  http://www.curiositaellya.blogspot.com/2013/05/vintage-plates-and-cups-for-home-office.html
  • Beautifully styled china hutch.  http://www.oursouthernhomesc.com/2013/05/french-country-kitchen-tour.html
  • Secretary transformed.  http://www.redouxinteriors.com/2013/04/the-tale-of-the-secretary-who-bathed-in-paint/
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Anything Blue Friday Features

The features from last week's party yielded a wonderful fairy garden, repurposed china into craft supply holder, furniture transformation, and a beautifully styled hutch.
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The Dedicated House Cypress, TX 6 hours ago
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  • Industrial Side Table
  • I used an oak stain and linseed oil to shine up the wood.
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  • Ikea Lamplig butcher block cutting board glued to base with acrylic caulking.
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Get an Industrial Look in 2 Easy Steps

I took a large and inexpensive butcher block cutting board from Ikea plus a metal table base that I picked up for a song, glued them together and shined them up to get an industrial look ...»
table for my living room. Super easy project!

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Anne @ DesignDreams by An... Canada 12 hours ago
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    Anne @ DesignDreams by An... 7 hours ago
    Thank you Jeanette S !!
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  • Made the counter top out of left over floor tile. Also re-done the Mirror bought it for $15.00 painted it to match Vanity and added lighting.
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Dresser to Bathroom Vanity

I took that old dresser and gave it new life. I just love the way it turned out..
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Melody Speck Snay Thomas, OK 10 hours ago
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    Terri J 8 hours ago
    Very impressive job!
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Gonzales Rustic Furniture Find...but I Want It to Look Antique - Help!

I was lucky enough to find a set of 3 Gonzalez Rustic furniture pieces at auction for only $125! The coffee table alone sells for over $500 online. However, I don't like the natural pine ...»
finish, and want it to have a warm, worn antique look. I've never tried to stain something to look old before and need some advice on prep, colors/mixing of colors, and finish (wax/poly?) to achieve the look of the last picture. Is there a trick to getting the variation of colors within the stain, or will the knots, lines, etc., naturally do that?

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Leslie D Las Vegas, NV 2 days ago
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    Leslie D 8 hours ago
    Thanks for the tips, ladies! I've stained new wood many times, but just for a basic stain ...»
    look. I'll start with the smallest piece (my least favorite of the 3), and see what I can come up with. I appreciate the help!

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