Your Home Has a Story to Tell. Are You the Main Character?Have you ever looked around your home and thought about how much of you is reflected in it? As furniture artists, we spend so much time…
When Is Good Enough, Good Enough?Do you really have to fix every dent, scratch, sticky drawer, and imperfection before you sell a piece of furniture? The answer is one beginners probably don’t love…
Does using spray paint on furniture count as cheating? Do you have to paint every inch of a dresser? And does a more difficult technique automatically make a furniture redesign better?Not in my…
Well, THAT Wasn’t On My List Of Things To Do TodayHave you ever started your day with a perfectly good to-do list, only to have something go wrong and throw the entire schedule out the window?…
Lime Paint for Furniture — Tricky, Expensive & Absolutely BeautifulLime paint can create depth, movement and an aged, almost stone-like finish that ordinary furniture paint simply can’t duplicate. It…
What Exactly Is Mineral Paint?If a jar says mineral paint, you would think that tells you what kind of paint is inside. But as I discovered, the word mineral can mean very different things depending…
What makes an antique valuable? Age? Condition? Rarity? The maker? Its history? Or simply finding the right person who looks at it and says, “THAT one”?In this episode, we’re looking at antiques from…
Pretty furniture is easy to photograph, but the real test is what happens after it leaves your workshop. If you’re selling your furniture, you want more than a beautiful finish on pickup day—you want…
We’re continuing the Furniture Artist’s Resource Guide with another paint family: acrylic paint. But as you’ll discover in this episode, seeing the word acrylic on a container doesn’t tell you nearly…
Chalk-type paint was once the paint everyone seemed to be using on furniture. Annie Sloan changed the furniture painting world when she introduced Chalk Paint®, making it possible for everyday people…
