Hello everyone, I feel winter came a little too early this year for my liking back in December, but now it feels some ehat lile Spring which I love.
​I thought I’d write about the wardrobe I painted and refinished in this past month using Country Chic Paint Peacoat.
This wardrobe needed some love and a good makeover, not to mention legs. I had to add legs to this piece and give it some sass and character, along with a little height. If you add legs to your piece you have to pre order them.

First I lightly sanded the whole piece and cleaned it using my vinegar solution. I primed this piece with grey primer, but priming with a dark colour like this isn’t needed. It really depends on the piece your painting whether you feel it needs some extra grip or that extra step. I then painted the wardrobe two coats of Peacoat. I tipped the wardrobe on to its back so that I could work on the legs. I had painted the legs in Peacoat and sealed them while they were off.

I made a platform for each corner and nailed them on. I used the plates that the legs came with to secure the legs. Once they were on I stood he wardrobe up right and sprayed the Country Chic Paint clear coat on. Two coats. I had previously painted the original hardware in peacoat and put them back on. The piece was finished.

Hello everyone, ready for Christmas? I am not done yet. Last week to go right?
When I saw these cabinets and said “I want them" I had to have them because I knew exactly what I wanted to do to them.
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They were tall and perfect for a transformation and I could picture them in a bathroom for towels and storage. Country Chic paint Dune Grass was the perfect colour to use.

First I knew these were handmade solid wood and that there would be natural tannin bleed through. I find the more you sand down the more bleed through happens so I like to scuff lightly but not too much that youre down to bare wood. Sometimes the previous topcoat can act as a tannin blocker. I cleaned both cabinets with vinegar to remove any surface dirt.
Once these two steps were done I started to prime. I did two coats of primer leaving a few hours in between coats so that the primer can settle. Once the primer was dry and left for a few hours to sit I started to apply the dune grass paint. I did about 2-3 coats of paint and then used a mix of tough coat and clear coat for my sealer. I used more tough coat on the shelves as those are used the most and need to be durable.
Once dried and settled I started to work on the chicken wire. You can get different shapes and sized gaps like the hexagon shape I got. Measure your panels or door and cut to size. Wear gloves so you don’t get scratched like I did from the wire. Yikes!!

Once you’ve measured each panel or one door panel you can either staple them to the back of the door making sure to clean up the ends so they aren’t sticking out or if there are grooves from previous glass or plastic panels like mine did, you can stick the wire into those and staple to secure.

That’s about it for these cabinets. You can use any colour you’d like and create the vision you see. Don’t forget to use my code for 10% off LUBBLYJUBBLY

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Hello everyone. Well winter has officially come to Ontario, my area anyway. My kids were excited to see snow when they woke up the other day.
These two side tables were a custom job for someone who had seen them in my unit. I told her I could add new wood tops and new legs and she loved the idea, so I got started on the job.

I always sand pieces first, not down to the wood, but enough to de gloss the finish and create a scuff. I like to use vinegar and lemon mix to clean them. If you plan on adding legs then you need to pre order them as they can take time to get to your home.
Once you have prepped your piece you will take off the old top and the hardware. Then start to paint, you probably can do 2-3 coats but you’ll see after the second coat. While the paint is drying you can paint your hardware and make your new top and shelf. To make the top you need two boards that you sand until smooth and then you can stain using your preferred stain and colour.

Once dry you can glue and nail them together. Make sure you measure the shelf area that you want and measure and cur your pieces. Stain them and then glue and nail together. You can router each piece if you want a nice edge.
Once you have let the stain cure the next day, you are going to put your new top on by gluing and nailing it to secure it to the dresser. Place your new shelf inside the space. I sprayed my Country Chic Paint Clear coat on but you can brush it on if you prefer.
Let the clear coat settle. I always tell my customers give the topcoat a few weeks to cure. Topcoat your hardware using a small brush and place on the drawers and you’re done. You now have a beautiful console.

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To attach the legs I cut two blocks of two by fours and glued and screwed them together. The legs came with metal plates that you attach on to the last piece of wood. Make sure they are secured tightly. 

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Once the paint was dry I sealed the paint with Country Chic Paint’s Clear Coat using a Painting Sponge. It was very easy to use and went on so smoothly. If you see that you missed a little or there are some streaks, don’t worry. You will get those areas with your second coat. I also top coated the top wood surface. 

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I knew I wanted to paint a hutch as soon as I received the colour, Cut a Rug.  I started by sanding down the top surface of the bottom hutch, and then used Ebony stain to stain the wood.
Once I had the hutch sanded and cleaned, I took out the glass shelving and panels and got priming. I did two coats of primer and I painted about 2-3 coats of paint.

I used my spray bottle of water to spray onto the paint where I wanted darker shading and I used Rocky Mountain. I used my Country Chic Paint brush to apply the paint and blend in the colours. Once the pant was dry I sealed it with Country Chic Paint’s Clear Coat which I found very easy to apply and durable. You can use a sponge or brush to apply it.

For the back wall, I used Elmer’s spray glue to stick the wallpaper sheets to the back. Make sure you wait at last 24 hours for the clear coat to cure before you place the top hutch onto the bottom part.

At the end I painted the hardware in rocky mountain and sealed with Clear Coat. Overall this hutch turned out so beautiful and I love it!

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Hello everyone, i am sharing here my short video on the process of the two new dressers i just painted in Wise Owl paint black and peppercorn. I sealed them with Wise Owl satin varnish using my Homeright super max sprayer. Take a look and see what you think. Wise Owl available on my website

Have you ever seen a cabinet or dresser that doesn't have a drawer and you loved the rest of it, but thought you couldn't buy it because it has no drawer? well I saw this cabinet and it had no drawer , but I immediately thought wait I can put a shelf there and that's what we did. With the help of my husband we made a new shelf to replace the missing drawer. We used Ryobi tools and Wise Owl paint. Below is the picture of the cabinet and the headboard we used to make the shelf. If you have solid wood headboards or pieces of wood you haven't used yet, use them to make the shelf.

This is the headboard we used, we then used a sawsal to cut the posts off.

You are going to then use a square to line off where you are cutting, make sure you have measured the size of shelf you need for the inside of your cabinet.

 You then have cut your board to size. You can sand it down if you want and re stain or leave as is if it matches what you're creating.

You can trim your edges and shape them with your router. The bit used was roman ogey. I think thats how you spell it lol.
then you can stain it like i did to match the inside above. There were two previous drawer stoppers where the drawer used to be so my husband added two divets in the shelf so that we could hammer it down and the stoppers would go into the wood. Then you seal and let it cure. I made sure i had painted the whole inside of where the shelf was going. I used Wise Owl white primer, Wise Owl paint in Citron and Wise Owl satin varnish. Wise Owl products are here on my website or my Etsy shop. Thank you for reading

 Hello everyone. Lets get started with this cabinet. First of all you do not need to have a cabinet that looks like this one, you could have a hutch top that is any style, but it does need to be flat on the bottom. It cant work if it’s a top of a hutch that doesn’t have the flat bottom and only has the wood arms at the sides. That won’t work.

So if you have the flat bottom top then you can start working on it. Second thing you need to do is take out all the glass panels. This is so you aren’t painting on the glass. This is how it looked when I had painted it years ago..... So the picture below is when I first started painting it green, it was originally brown wood and then years ago I painted it white with wax. It has been in my living room for a long time and I decided to switch it up.

Now I wanted to have it higher so it needed legs of course so that it could a functional cabinet and cute looking. It's gotta be cute right? Once you take the glass panels out you are going to prime your piece if its original wood. I suggest clear primer or you can use white. This white paint was my base coat. Yes you can paint over years of a wax finish without sanding, but give it a little scuff. Once you've done your prep work, ( you can learn about priming and tips in my tutorial)

You paint the entire piece in your choice of colour. I used Country Chic paint in Fireworks and a touch of sparklers. You're probably going to do about 3 coats of the green which is what I did. 

Remove your inside light and make sure you have the back off so you can paint behind and in front of the cabinet to reach all areas. You will then make your back by using wood boards, you can use any wood from Lowes and they have wood that is already stained. if you have an open top like mine did and you don't like it then you can also cut boards to fit the top. see pictures. Once you've put the back on and created the top you can start to make the legs. Here is where my Husband helped me and he made the legs for me. Depending on what tools you have you can router the wood to create round legs or different shapes and sizes. If you don't want to make them Lowes sells table legs but I found them a bit pricey and that is why we chose to make them. The legs we decided on are more square with a rim. Attach your legs and paint them. Once you've done this your cabinet is ready to seal. I sprayed my Wise Owl satin varnish on using my Homeright super max sprayer, but you can brush it on with a Cling On brush F40 or F50 if you don't have a sprayer. You let your topcoat settle and then place all the glass panels back in. Your cabinet is ready to rock and roll!!!! .