Repurpose hope chest

This outdated, country style bench is getting a serious update to a more classy, contemporary style with the help of a little chalk paint and a brand new oak...

Over the past years, more and more tasteless DIY'ers have been ruining perfectly fine coffee tables, dressers, and other pieces with lousy paint jobs.

This lane cedar chest was painted in Shackteau Interiors milk paint in black beach. A painted cedar chest is so versatile - a toy chest, linen storage, coffee table, you name it! Painted furniture makeovers like this cedar chest are so fun! #megdeldesign #paintedcedarchest #cedarchest #milkpaint #paintedfurniture

Today I have a hope chest refinishing project for you. Learn about the steps taken and the products used to achieve an amazing end result.

Found this hope chest at Goodwill for $25. The inside was pristine with the cedar all perfect. The veneer on the botton and at the top sides was bad and had to…

I love love loooveee this Cedar Chest, but it had a lot wrong with it. Here is an original picture of the cedar chest, the sides and top veneer is mostly rip…

Every once in a while that special piece of furniture falls into your lap unexpectedly and without warning. Now that the word is out and friends and family are aware of my blog, I have had interes…

Ideas for painting vintage cedar chests and recovering cedar chests with fabric seats. Just about everyone has a vintage cedar chest in their home

Refinishing Old Furniture: This example shows how to refinish a cedar chest, but the technique is the same for any wooden furniture. I've also included a lot of information about other techniques, and their pros and cons, as well as some tips I've found for making the job eas…

The young employees at the thrift store were loading this cedar chest into my vehicle, and I overheard them say, "Who would buy this...