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DIY Hints & Tips/ Other DIY-ers & their Space/ Tutorial

Creating a Driftwood Effect – Live on How to Paint Like a Pro

How to Paint Like a Pro! Last week I had the opportunity…

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DIY Hints & Tips/ Tutorial

8 Tutorials to Boost your Furniture Painting Skills

Tutorials – How do you learn best? We’ll get to the 8…

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Blog tips/ My Story/ Tutorial

How to Improve Your Furniture Flipping Business!

My Story This blog began out of a love for taking things…

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DIY Hints & Tips/ Furniture Makeovers/ Fusion Mineral Paint/ Style & Decor

How to Paint Window Sills and Trims – A Room Makeover

A Room Reset I was inspired by Marian Parson’s newest book, The…

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Furniture Makeovers/ Fusion Mineral Paint/ Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Products

Tick Tock, Here’s a Table Clock!

A Sweet Little Table The table above began like this … don’t…

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DIY Hints & Tips/ Fusion Mineral Paint/ Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Products

You want me to AGE your Fender Guitar?? Unusual Custom Requests

Unusual Custom Requests Antiquing and Aging a Fender Guitar When Josiah mentioned…

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Other DIY-ers & their Space/ Style & Decor

It’s Time to Declutter – a 28 Day Challenge!

The Barricade Please tell me that I’m not the only one who’s…

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Furniture Makeovers/ Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Products

Planter Centerpieces, A Milk Painted Cabinet & a Package in the Mail!

Did you catch my last Hometalk Live Demo? Today I’m going to…

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DIY Hints & Tips/ Fusion Mineral Paint/ Tutorial

Mini Planter Box Table Decor Idea

A Little Inspiration Goes a Long Way ** If you missed my LIVE…

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Antique Finds/ Furniture Makeovers/ Fusion Mineral Paint/ Upholstery

Those Balloon Back Chairs – a Hamptons Style Transformation

I shared with you last week about progress happening in the workshop…

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Creating a Driftwood Effect – Live on How to Paint Like a Pro

How to Paint Like a Pro! Last week I had the opportunity to go Live on one of Facebook’s fastest growing DIY Furniture Painting…

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8 Tutorials to Boost your Furniture Painting Skills

Tutorials – How do you learn best? We’ll get to the 8 tutorials in just a minute, but first, did you know that when…

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How to Improve Your Furniture Flipping Business!

My Story This blog began out of a love for taking things (mostly furniture) that have been left for ruins, bound for the dump,…

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How to Paint Window Sills and Trims – A Room Makeover

A Room Reset I was inspired by Marian Parson’s newest book, The Home Design Doodle Book, to do a Room Reset in my own…

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Tick Tock, Here’s a Table Clock!

A Sweet Little Table The table above began like this … don’t you love that cast iron stand!? The top was well worn and…

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You want me to AGE your Fender Guitar?? Unusual Custom Requests

Unusual Custom Requests Antiquing and Aging a Fender Guitar When Josiah mentioned the idea of customising his Fender guitar, I didn’t think he was…

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It’s Time to Declutter – a 28 Day Challenge!

The Barricade Please tell me that I’m not the only one who’s furniture stash “to do” pile slowly morphs into the barricade scene from Les…

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Planter Centerpieces, A Milk Painted Cabinet & a Package in the Mail!

Did you catch my last Hometalk Live Demo? Today I’m going to show you a cute cabinet I painted in this month’s Miss Mustard…

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Mini Planter Box Table Decor Idea

A Little Inspiration Goes a Long Way ** If you missed my LIVE demo over on Hometalk’s Facebook page of this project, the video is…

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Those Balloon Back Chairs – a Hamptons Style Transformation

I shared with you last week about progress happening in the workshop on these balloon back chairs (before pic below), and I’m proud to say…

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Hi, I’m Sharon – a furniture painter & restorer from Australia, who loves to up-cycle and repurpose old neglected pieces and bring them back to life again.My blog was created for thrifty DIYers and home renovators to encourage them to make transformations in their own homes, with educational tutorials, tips and inspirational makeovers.As a mother of four teens, and wife to a busy self-employed audio/video guy, life can be crazy at times, so painting furniture is a bit like therapy for me!My blog began out of a love for taking things (mostly furniture) that have been left for ruins, bound for the dump, kicked to the curb – and giving them a new lease of life. There’s such great satisfaction in being able to bring something out of the storage shed, create a new look, and give it a place of honour in the home again.You’ll be surprised what could be hiding in your house gathering dust, that could be given a completely new lease of life!Join me as we learn together. There are such a variety of ways of making old things become new again!