As with painting walls, painting furniture can be pretty intimidating. But let me share a little secret with you - it has pretty much become my DIY mantra: Don't be afraid to ruin something you already hate. And that's where my love of painting all the things was born.
I used to run my own knit/crochet business making newborn hats and other goodies from 2008-2013. Working 40 hours per week from home with three kids under 5 wasn't worth the stress or the income, so I shut it down and focused my energy on going to the gym, taking care of myself, and being a better mother. When my fourth baby was born in July of this year, the doctors discovered he had a rare congenital tumor in his lungs and he needed immediate surgery to remove one of the lobes of his lung. Long story short, we try to keep him away from people to hopefully minimize his risk of getting RSV this season since he's already short part of his lungs. So instead of spending my mornings dropping my kids off at the gym daycare and lifting weights, I've had to find a new hobby to fill the void. Enter all my house projects, furniture makeovers, and my love of thrifting.
The very first dressers I painted were a super ugly set that my husband had used in his childhood bedroom, which we then took with us when we got married almost 10 years ago. They're probably 40 years old and I absolutely hated them. I tried as hard as I could to convince my husband that we needed to take them to goodwill and get some snazzy IKEA dressers, but, being the frugal one of the marriage, he refused to throw away perfectly good (and ugly) furniture. Now I'm so glad he did because years later it totally jump started my love of redoing furniture.
Fast-forward to present day, I've painted everything under the sun - dressers, end tables, chairs, upholstered chairs, a piano, vases, picture frames and decor, walls, doors, cabinets, floors. You name it, I've probably painted it. Now, if I can learn to do all this then so can you. Take my hand, I'll walk you through it.
