Create your own shabby chic furniture for a cool, funky look. Shabby chic furniture is extremely popular, but can be very expensive. It is easy and fun to paint and distress your own pieces. Poke ...

Miranda Webster of the Tinsel + Wheat Blog demonstrated an easy distressed painting technique to add character to furniture pieces and other decorative items in your home. Miranda is a blogger ...

A blank wall wasn’t serving any purpose. “It seemed too awkward to be used in any useful way,” the homeowner says. Credit: Sidra Khan Credit: Sidra Khan Although the space is small — the wall is only ...

If there’s one technique that Annie Sloan returns to time and again, it’s the two-colour distress method she developed right when she first created Chalk Paint™ In just a few simple steps, you can ...

Paint a base coat on the piece, and let it dry completely. Using your finger and a dry cloth, spread the vaseline out over the edges and corners of your project. Leave it thicker in some places and ...

Question: Is it a crime to paint over old wood paneling? We are rehabbing a l9th-century farmhouse that has seen better days. It was used as a barn for years and the paneling (it's either oak or pine ...