Renovating Furniture with our Guest Designer Debbie

It's with huge pleasure that i introduce our guest to IACW today, Debbie Nicholas(some of you may know her as mumof4boys!). Here's what Debbie did for us:

A big thank you to the girls for inviting me to show some of my renovations :)  I was going to do a before, during and after of one piece but thought it nicer to see more than one piece and just the before and after pics.  It kind of shows anything is possible and everyone is different so things turn out different ways if you know what i mean. 

 

I am a stay at home mum of 4 boys who is married to the most supportive husband ever (yes even when he is climbing over half painted furniture!)  Most of the items i make over are bought from either Ebay or carboot sales, i dont see the point in paying a fortune for something im going to change and if i can get it for next to nothing and make it look good then i enjoy what im doing :)  

 

The dresser i bought from ebay for £45 and IT IS HUGE!  We only had one wall in the kitchen where it could go and we had to rejig some bits first but i just knew how much potential it had. 

 

The key to starting the work is in the preporation.  I always sand the items down to give a key for the paint. A wipe down with a damp cloth and dry paintbrush gets rid of all the dust.  Sometimes the wood will need priming, other times it wont but after a while you can guage what the piece will work like.  Usually 2 coats is sufficient to give enough of a coating to look like an aged piece of furniture you have always had around! :)    A good wax or varnish for the piece that is left to look like wood and a sample tin of the paint incase of chips or scratches and you now have an heirloom piece that wouldnt look out of place passed down from generation to generation - how will they know you bought it second hand for pennies if you dont tell them! LOL

 

It does get addictive though and my family now joke that they darent stand still long enough otherwise they will be painted......... now wheres my brush!!

 

Thank you so much Debbie for showing us your works of art. You're a very talented lady!

Comments

[Annette Taylor]

Your work is incredibly inspiring Debbie :) xx

[Soojay]

Now..if i could just get her to come stay at mine for a month or two..i am sure my house COULD look like that! LOl Stunning Deb xx

[Susan]

Very impressive, I'd love to see more :)

[Charlotte]

Oh how much do I wish Debbie was my next-door neighbour! Fabulous transformations xxx

[Tammy]

Oh Debbie what you have done to those dressers is just divine! Great work!