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.
Farmhouse Buffet
This took me two days, but only because I use my dad's garage so I am not there all day to work on things when I want or need to. Used Miss Mustard Seed's Luckett's Green, and a touch of her Antiquing Wax. Topped it off with clear wax, buffed to shine, and added new hardware. With one drawer missing, I cleaned out the cubby, changed the board in it to something cleaner and added a basket. The cover over the drawer hole is a material dad had on hand, & even he doesn't know what it is!
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Great revival job, Bev!
French Impressions Part II - the Bed Transformed
We have had our bedroom suite for years. It was time to make a change and I was inspired by photos found in a Betty Lou Phillips book. This is part two. I started with the dresser and then painted the bed.
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Beautiful job, Kathy!
Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint Project - Kitchen Scale
This is a small farmhouse bench/coffee table that fits the old world style of milk paint. I used MMSMP in Kitchen Scale. It is an AMAZING color! I loved the richness of it. For this
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Great revival job, Laura!
Old Dresser Rescue
I had to get this old dresser at a yard sale. I loved the character it had. The only problem...... it did not have a top. I wanted to come up with a creative way to add a top and yard sticks were the answer!
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Wow that top looks great!
Bookcase Transformation - Drab to Fab!
I wanted to turn this boring dresser into a show stopper! I think the chevron pattern accomplished that!
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Great transformation!
Re-purposing Furniture
This is an old vintage radio that didn't work - gutted it and here you have it! a beautiful wine cabinet
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LOL. How could anyone hate something so wonderful! :)
Any ideas on how to re-purpose the top part only of this hutch?
I just got a fantastic deal on this hutch for a $100.00. I bought it really for the bottom part only. I plan on using the bottom part in our family room as a TV stand. But now I have the
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I think I'd attach twinkle lights inside & do seasonal displays on the front porch or entry way.
DIY Bookcase Media Wall
I live in a tiny condo that was filled with boring apartment-grade finishes when we bought it. I've slowly been customizing each space, and my favorite way to do that is with built-ins. I
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Fantastic job.
Painting a bookshelf to look distressed and old....
Can anyone please advice me on the best way to paint a wooden bookshelf(it is red at the moment....wants to be white) so that it looks old and distressed....can you reccomend any paints or methods etc? please let me know...thank you
