Paint that looks like wood or a Pickled Finish Desk. Say that 10 times fast. Emphasis on the pickle….. Have you tried pickling your furniture? How about painting it then making it look like real wood grain with a pickle finish? My friend Emma and I were...
Welcome to Trashy Tuesday…..Not So Trashy around here today! I have kept to my promise and picked up NOT ONE piece of furniture this week. (I did pick up a few little Christmas odds and ends I found this morning at one of my Apartment Dumpster runs, but...
Just Add Wheels to Your Furniture Wheels Change the entire look of Furniture Just Add Wheels. Rolling Furniture Part One. Adding wheels to furniture is easier than you think! I LOVE furniture that rolls. Partly, because it is easy to move around…..I often...
Patina (/ˈpætɨnə/ or /pəˈtiːnə/) is a tarnish that forms on the surface of copper, bronze and similar metals (produced by oxidation or other chemical processes Patina. I just love saying that word. I love the way the vowels mix with the consonants to make such a...
We probably all see these Oak friends left over from circa 1985. I picked mine up at a garage sale recently, and it even had a very OLD sachet hanging from it in Mauve Tulle. That thing made it to the trash before I touched it. Who knew you could take those old...
How to create a fabulous Faux Stain on French style Dresser We worked hard this weekend, but we also made time for some End of Summer (for us, kids go back to school Tuesday!) fun. We had a Fiesta here at Casa de la Bergs, Gringo Style. All family fun with a few...
John Donne said “No Man is an Island”. Does this mean no table is an island? Karen says a table can be an island. It has to be the right one, or it might end up looking a table floating on a raft. Lucky me, I had just the perfect table. I have had...
If you were to look at my closet, if would be no secret that I love shades of blue. From Turquoise to light blue to Navy. I love Blue. If one gorgeous blue looks great on a piece of furniture, why not two, or even three? I bet everyone has one of these, or has...
Make a Work Bench from a Wood Pallet! If you are new to REDOUX, you should know I love nothing more than “FREE JUNK”! I have an (unhealthy, my husband would probably say) obsession with things people throw away. For as long as I can remember, I have...
Look what’s cooking! A crock pot planter! Welcome to another edition of Trashy Tuesday, where we talk trash, LITERALLY! I cooked up something different this week! It isn’t every day that you find something cooking in the trash. Well, I...
