The Top Ten Junk Makeovers of Redouxinteriors.com I can't believe a year of junking in 2018 is behind me and it is almost the end of January 2019, where does the Junk (time) go? Answer: much of it is in my garage.... If you are new around here, to catch you up. I started painting furniture when I was a Young Married, a million years ago. Fast forward a few years, friends started asking me to paint their pieces. That turned into a full blown painting contract business, kitchen cabinets, built ins, you name it, I painted it. While I was so grateful for all the work, I longed to stretch my creative wings and sell my pieces. I started small and it caught on fast. When I ...
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Trashy Tuesday Dumpster Dive Free Chair
Happy Trashy Tuesday! You won't believe what I found this past week! The coolest Dumpster Dive Free Upholstered Chair! If you are a regular here, you know how much I love FREE FURNITURE. And you know how hard it is for me to pass on some good Free Furniture. I have been exercising a bit of self control, because really, what good are all those potential Trash to Treasure pieces if I can't exactly give them a proper DIY Furniture Makeover? If I have too much Free Furniture floating around my garage. I usually do a Free Furniture Give away when it's been weeks since I could get my car in the garage. I recently did one of these purges. It's a great way for my whole neighborhood ...
How to Make a Bench From A Dumpster Console
How to Make a Bench From a Dumpster Console Welcome to Trashy Tuesday! You know I can't resist a good Dumpster Furniture Makeover. One of my favorite things to make from Broken Furniture is a Bench. Imagine if you will, you are out on a Saturday running errands and decide to take a usual detour behind one of the big box stores. There, as if by magic, is a big Console thing sticking out of the Dumpster, just waiting for you. I pulled the console out easy enough, but I wasn't too thrilled about the broken glass in the cabinet doors on this thing. Perhaps part of the reason it was in the dumpster??? I got this thing home and it went into my garage where I expected to live ...
Dresser wanting the Layered Paint Look
It may be hot outside where you are, but the best dressed dressers, and furniture are all asking for the Layered Look! Are you hearing what your furniture is saying? The cool kids are all doing this technique and I know you are cool ;) If you think your furniture isn't talking to you, then you are not listening closely enough. I put off painting projects all the time. I think I actually LIKE having a garage full of furniture and keeping my car outside when it is over 100, just so I can sweat bullets, ruin my hair and be generally miserable every time I get in my car. Not to mention all the furniture that yells at me and mumbles complaints every time I walk past all of them. I ...
How to Makeover Old French Provincial Dresser
How to Makeover Old French Provincial Dresser *This post contains affiliate links, all of the opinions are definitely 100% my own ;) You recognize this Dresser right? It was part of your bedroom set circa 1970's? I was not lucky enough to have this Bedroom set as a kid, (I had beautiful furniture that my mom bought and refinished-where I got my inspiration). But! I have been lucky enough to find TONS of it for sale or even better, for FREE over the past 14 years that I have been painting furniture. Here are a few of the pieces I have transformed over the years. Several of them were FREE finds! Dressers Dressed in Glaze Snooty French Girls Dumped Dresser Don't ...
How To Makeover a Vintage Stereo Cabinet
How to Makeover a Vintage Stereo Cabinet How many times have you seen one of these old Stereo Cabinets and just dismissed it as a worthless?I found this old Stereo Cabinet one day while out walking my dog. I really believe people put stuff out on their driveways with a free sign up because they know I will pick it up. You'll Also Love: How to Decoupage Fabric Over Painted Wood For reals. It sat in my garage for a few weeks before inspiration hit. I realized that instead of trying to restore the original turntable inside (trying to rewire something from the 1950's? WHAT was I THINKING?!!) I could remove the turntable, speakers, etc. and our current turntable fit into the metal shelving ...
How to Decoupage Fabric Over Painted Wood
How to Decoupage Fabric over Painted Wood Are you a fabric hoarder like me? I have scraps upon scraps of decorator fabric I have "saved" for that one project I mighhhht do one day. Well that day has come! You'll Also Love: DIY Black and White Staircase I found the perfect project to try to decoupage fabric onto. This old Dresser I found for FREE! Check out my Trashy Tuesday series if you want to see more of the amazing stuff I pull out of Dumpsters. I cleaned the entire piece thoroughly with TSP Solution, wiped it off, then gave it a light sand. There were some parts on the top that required a good spray coat of Laquer to keep the stains from coming through. This was for sure a ...
How To Get The Chippy Paint Look
Get the Chippy Paint look using Debi'S Design Diary DIY Paint and a surprising little tool. I am in the process of switching from a PC to my MacBook. In that process, somehow all my before and during pictures disappeared. SIGH. Cest la vis. Use your imagination. Plain brown table, good bones, needs some love. I wanted to make a fun statement on a little piece. And, I wanted control the chip factor! To achieve the perfect chippy look, go no further than the canning section of your grocery store. That's right. You need canning wax, which is about as cheap of a tool you will ever get. It is sold in big blocks, and for a chippy project, you will use only a small amount. ...
Turn Trashy Books into Treasured Items
Before I share pictures and this post with you I have a disclaimer. No literature was harmed in this project. All books that were altered were not only dumpster dive finds but were the probably trash for the mind as well.....Not that they were THAT kind of trash, I go to the Dumpster not the Gutter! But don't they look gorgeous now! Painting and antiquing books that were not serving much purpose in their current state could be my new favorite project. This is the kind of project where you see Debi's Design Diary DIY Paint make magic Gold Patina and Dark and Decrepit Patina. I (painful part here) tore the spines off the books. Just like pulling off a bandage, do it all at once and it ...
How to Make Anything Look Like Real Wood
It's here! The easiest way to learn How To Make Paint Look Like Wood. **This post is my most pinned post! It has been pinned literally millions and millions of time, thank you! Please stick around, visit my Projects Page and see what else you might like to check out and try. I enjoy sharing products I love with you and I hope you love them too. I have included links to products I recommend and have benefited from. I hope you do too! Update: Since I first wrote this post, Paint That looks Like Wood, I have used MANY different products. I still love Modern Masters products, they are top quality (but not too cheap). If you are looking to duplicate this look by using less products and ...
21 Ways to Upcycle a Chair
Happy Trashy Tuesday! Well whatever day it is...in the Spirit of Trashy Tuesday.... Over the years I have found more of one type of furniture than any other. CHAIRS! Why? I think Chairs are a conundrum for people. They can be hard to paint, or if a spindle breaks, or comes loose, it takes time and patience to fix them. You May Also Like: Two Wrongs don’t make a Right, But Black and White Chairs Make a Bench! Sometimes I find the chairs in perfectly good condition, maybe they just got separated from the pack and trying to establish their independence from the Dining Set. (Haha) At any given moment (and especially this moment) I have more chairs than I know what to do with. About half of ...