So what’s a budget-savvy Remodelaholic to do? Paint the cabinets and DIY the countertops, of course! Today’s guest has a fabulous tutorial to show you how to create beautiful *faux* reclaimed wood countertops, using new wood. Don’t they look great in her farmhouse style kitchen?
The same technique that is used to whitewash furniture can be used to paint floors, walls and ceilings. You may decide to use a very gradual whitewashing process, if you are painting permanent features in your home. 3 Choose finished or unfinished wood. If you choose finished wood, you ma...
You must sand your furniture piece to remove some of the piece’s current finish while creating a surface the paint can adhere to. A high grit sandpaper is a good option to give the surface some grip without damaging it. Sand in the direction of the grain. Step 2: Clean Give your piec...
I’m living in a place where good deli like rye bread is hard to find. Troubling for a Polish person raised on good rye bread from Toronto! I recently found your recipe and along with my research of using whey (or yogurt) in recipes to make a ‘faux’ sourdough, I made your rye ...
First, join several 1x2 boards side by side using pocket holes and screws to form a solid surface. This will serve as the tabletop. Ensure the boards are tightly secured with ample amounts of wood glue for added stability. Step 2: Building the Octagon Apron ...
Oak is a strong, hard type of wood, known for its stability. You can use it for just about anything: interior trim, floors and furniture. Red and white oak are the most common types used in America, with white oak being the cheaper variety. Oak wood has a porous quality to it, whic...
No tacky faux-finishes here. It's just the real-deal charm of limewash that makes your modern walls feel classic, timeless, and full of character. Trisha Sprouse Trisha Sprouse Trisha Sprouse If ever there were a darling of theDIYworld, chalk paint would be it, thanks to its unique abili...
Any carvings on your wood door, gates, or furniture is hand carved by our master carvers - not CNC machined or faux casted resin carving. On our furnishing finishes we don't use fast spray-on or fake paint jobs, but utilize a 10 process, hand rubbedfine art finishthat is on par with...
If you want a cooler, more unified look, swath everything in white paint, and when it's dry, use fine-grit sandpaper to "distress" the new finish and give it the patina of age. (This trick works with new, unfinished furniture, too.) Modern manufacturers now offer many vintage-look ...
FLOORING MATERIALS, AGE, TYPES wide board wood, strip flooring, pre-finished flooring, vinyl flooring, ceramic tile floors, vinyl-asbestos tile floors, "linoleum", carpeting, etc. FOUNDATION MATERIALS, Age, Types, such as use of brick, stone, wood, concrete block, poured concrete FRAMING MATERI...