After seeing the olive dresser I refinished using DIY baking soda paint my sister asked if I would help her refinish a desk before she and her husband move into their new home. my olive dresser We worked on her desk and I taught her the process I use to refinish a piece of furniture. She then moved on to her…
Olive You! {Baking Soda Paint Recipe}
After a slew of not so happy DIY chalk-like paint finish recipes… #1 {Two-Tone with a Twist} = too runny #2 {Old Pickup Blue Dresser} = too clumpy….Really. This recipe hardened as you worked with it flaking little balls of plaster everywhere! …I’m on to recipe number 3. DIY Baking Soda Chalky Finish Paint 1/2 cup baking soda…
Old Pickup Blue Dresser {another DIY chalky paint finish recipe, leg reconstruction, and my very own goofball}
Let’s get straight to addressing the post title. Exhibit A: DIY Chalky Paint Finish Recipe Formula #2 5T Plaster of Paris 2T H2O (I added more) 2 cups paint 1. Mix plaster and water until lumps disappear. 2. Stir in paint. This particular recipe thickened up sooooo much, so quickly! I had to keep adding…
Two-Tone Dresser with a twist {Woodland Whimsy Style}
A $20.00 yard sale score finally gave us the dresser we needed for our son’s room. Out with the changing table, in with the dresser…well sort of. The edges of this piece were quite dinged up so the piece needed a bit of work. Plus the mirror frame was missing the mirror so we had…