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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 would like to put risers on my queen bed and use under the bed for extra storage but I dont know where to get or how

to make a bed skirt that will be long enough to hide under my bed any suggestions?

Diana P on May 07, 2013

Yes I also brought my risers at bed bath and beyond.

Furniture: Has anyone every seen one of these? It might just be my all time favorite find - antique wallpaper pasting table.

Antique wallpaper pasting table - yes, I did the happy dance when I found it!

http://eclecticallyvintage.com/2012/06/fab-f...

Carla Dashnaw on May 03, 2013

I just found one in my attic! It looks very similar to the one posted. Inside there are 2 ...»
straight edges (metal), a scale ruler (all 72" long), a tool for cutting the paper and 2 brushes for smoothing the paper (?) after it is installed. It has lovely patina and age on wood! I am interested in selling.

Furniture: help with a chair

I recently picked up a couple thrift store wooden chairs for indoors. They are not the kind with padded seats. I want to pad the seats! I have no idea how.

KMS Woodworks on May 02, 2013
Another option would be leather, set with padding and upholstery tacks. We have an old antique ...»
corner chair that was done that way.
I picked up some tacks on ebay for the padded areas of my lap desks.
http://www.hometalk.com/1077217/walnut-and-l...

Crafts: slip covers for rectangular ottoman and love seat

Has anyone done slipcovers for ottomans and loveseats? Is there a tutorial out there? How to measure to make one from scratch? I sew quite a bit; but slipcovers elude me.

Any suggestions?

I have this litle "whatchamacallit" and don't know what to do with ..I don't know what to do with it nor is my thinking cap working.. any suggestions or ideas.. or should i just trash it?

Gail Salminen on Apr 30, 2013

Jamala W I think you need to ...»
decide if you want to use it indoors or out. When I first saw it I thought it would make an awsome bar caddy - you could even roll it outdoors to the patio should there be a need.
I could also see it being used as something in the garden like the sink, a potting table, or even as a plant stand with lots of colourful flowers and trailing plants.
It could also be used as a sideboard/server by a table - would love it on the patio for this purpose.
You will have to update us when you make up your mind.

Fixing a broken dresser.

My oldest daughters dresser we have had for a few years. The drawers fell apart, but the shell was still good. I put these shelves in and bought some cloth cubes in it. I just have to ...»

Furniture: Need make over ideas

I have a vanity table that was given to me as a wedding gift 15 years ago. It is not really good for anything except being at "catch all" and sits in my entry since the seat broke many years ago. It's really showing its age. Any ideas on how to give it a make over?

Dorie Gibbons O'Neill on Apr 29, 2013

thanks everyone for the ideas! to answer a question about tue piece. this piece was purchase ...»
at Kmart 15 years ago for $100 (back when the sold real furniture not press board). even though it is real cherry wood it's not a very good quality and it has lots of nicks in it. so if I sold it I don't think I would get much. I don't want to sell because it was a wedding gift. I just want to freshen it up. thanks again.

Cleaning & Organization: Dining room table

My son used our dining room table to iron his pants. The stain has worsened over the years.

To remedy this I used Danish Oil, as suggested by the big box people. The results were ...»

KMS Woodworks on Apr 28, 2013

Thinner will not work much once the finish has cured. A citrus based stripper will, if you go ...»
that route it will be best to due the whole table top.
One trick I have used when working with the citrus stripper is to cover the wet stripper with some plastic wrap. This keeps it from drying out too quickly, as the stripper only works when it is wet. Table tops are about the easiest surface to do because they lack details and corners...
a plastic putty knife makes good scrapper for removing the stripper once it has done its work. smaller areas that may have been missed can be redone as needed the trick is to take your time and let the chemicals do the work.
Once all of the finish is removed you can then use thinner to clean it. allow a day for this to fully dry then you can proceed with the stain / or top coat.

Furniture: Minwax Paste finishing wax problem.

I am having a very hard time trying to put Minwax paste wax on my finished furniture without it looking greasy when Im finished. I followed the directions, I'm not sure what I'm doing ...»

Carol C on Apr 26, 2013

CeCe Caldwell makes a great wax for chalk painted furniture, I like it much better than Minwax ...»
and it's very eco-friendly. I typically wax my pieces and then let them sit overnight buffing the next day. Waxing furniture has a learning curve...my first piece was a disaster...don't give up.

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Input needed for my awesome find

I found this great Victrola case over the weekend and the first thing that popped in my mind was BAR, galvanized or stainless tub in top, rack for wine glasses, maybe pop out bottom shelf ...»

KMS Woodworks on Apr 25, 2013

i'm looking forward the the after pics

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