Category: Refinishing

  • Iron Your Furniture

    What causes white rings?  When something wet or hot is placed on wood furniture, moisture can become trapped under the protective finish on your piece leaving a hazy white patch. Hold the Mayo. We love a good life hack. Maybe a few of you are like me and reach for the mayonnaise or furniture polish…

  • Getting Back to Basics

    Getting Back to Basics

    I see a lot of techniques people use for refinishing furniture. I tend to pull out my orbital sander and start from there. Sure, it’s messy and takes a good amount of time, but I enjoy the process. This Basic Witz dresser was painted white and out for trash. When I picked it up, I…

  • Brick House

    Brick House

    You’re looking at approximately 5 months of being intimidated by this dresser. I’m sure none of you have ever taken on a project, only to have it stare you down and tell you “I’m too much to handle.” I picked up this colorful 9-drawer Johnson Carper Mid Century Modern dresser that must have come from…

  • New Life From the Past

    New Life From the Past

    Refinishing and restoring forgotten and neglected pieces. Herein lies a few snapshots of work I’ve done over the past year. Each of these pieces came to me in various states of disrepair and I’ll be sure to highlight some of the best of these in future posts! Most of these pieces were leftovers, basement discards,…