Six steps for taking apart old wood furniture Step 1: Gather your tools and safety fear Before diving into the disassembly process, it's crucial to have the right tools and safety gear to make the task both efficient and safe. Here’s what you should get together: Screwdriver set: A set...
In this tutorial, I show you how to repurpose a crib into a bench and many tips and techniques to make this repurposed furniture project easy. Our new home needed an entryway bench. As usual, my wife had a great idea. She wanted to repurpose the old baby crib our kids used into an...
The last option using black stain looks really nice, but a few readers have told me that the formula of the black stain I used has changed since I painted wood furniture a glossy black a few years ago. I would test the product out first to decide if it still works the same way and ...
Finally, if you’ve checked that your pallets are either non-recyclable and past their recommended service life, you can start to get creative with them to reuse and repurpose them in ways that can benefit your business or improve your home! Below, we explore some of our favorites, but rea...
The first step in any wood recycling project is to source your reclaimed wood. Here are some common places to find quality wood: Old Furniture:Broken or unwanted furniture can offer good quality wood. Construction Sites:Scrap wood from construction or demolition sites can often be repurposed. ...
6. Repurposed Furniture Give your bedroom collected character by mingling existing pieces withbeloved antiquesand formal furnishings. In this richly appointed bedroom, a gilded frame shimmers above a plush velvet headboard, and a parlor chair invites kicking back. A vintage dining table stands in as...
Chalk paint can be used to paint almost anything — walls, kitchen cabinets, metal, wood, and even fabric — but the most common use is to give new life to old furniture or to make newer pieces look old. The great thing about chalk paint is that there isn't a huge learning ...
Wood Seat BaseJigsawFoam CoreFabricStaple Gun How to properly prep rusty metal furniture before painting Step 1: Take apart metal patio furniture I decided that I wanted different colors on each of the legs of the bistro table. So this required removing the legs from the center support. You...
I kept telling myself that I could upholster 2 of the existing wood chairs and paint the rest. Painting the dining table was the easy part, the upholstery, not so much. I went back and forth on my decision to DIY upholstered wood dining chairs, becausewhat if I failed, and ruined 2 ...
If you have spray glue, you can spray the back of the fabric and press it onto the foam to help hold it in place while you staple. Put on your eye protection, then pull the fabric around to the back of the cushion, and staple it into the wood backing behind the foam. Be sure no...