Furniture makeover - Sanding and Preparations

Preparations Step 1: First, have a good look of the item you are planning to work on - review the damages, general condition, if there is any sign of wood worms (do you see little holes in the wood somewhere), current layers of paint. Review it from all angles.  Think over is it necessary to dissemble the piece, and what parts (eg. cabinet doors, legs, drawers, shelfs) and are you going to assemble these parts again or...

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Furniture makeover - How to start 2

Your first piece candidate for makeover Space make over and furniture refurbishing is  my favourite hoby. And it is not such demanding as it could look like on the first site. But hot to start? Every beginning is rather difficult and could be confusing. But don't give up even before you actually start! It is always necessary to...

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Furniture makeover - How to start 3

About paint The most frequent materials for painting the wood include paint, woodstains, varnishes, waxes (and other products related to particular techniques). But, before you start painting, it is usually necessary to prepare wood surface, depending on the technique to be used.  Gesso Gesso is a water based, heavily-pigmented white primer used as a sealer on porous surfaces such as wood. It is excellent base...

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Furniture makevover - How to start 1

My holidays are over, I have to go  back to work, and to my 'other' work too - I am taking my hobbies very seriously. Of all things I am working on, furniture makeover is my favorite. I started this accidentally, but fell in love realizing the creativity potential. Decorating wood is one of the best ways to forget the stress...

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