Archive for the ‘Furniture’ Category

Get the most out of your closet

2009-04-28

A well-organized closet is one of the dreams of most moms. Unfortunately, you can only see this in the most spacious closets or cabinets and not everyone has ample space to accommodate all of your little trinkets and widgets. If your closet is just like the thousands of closets that needs more shelves but there is just no more space here are some tricks so you could still organize everything without leaving so much clutter.

1. Install wooden crates at the walls.

2. Have enough space between the crates so there would still be more shelves for other things like blankets and even small extra pillows.

Use big portable containers for your kids’ toys, shoes, and other items so they can just pull it out when they need it.

Taking the old color of your antique furniture

2009-04-26

Antique furniture has the sentimental value that is incomparable to none. It also has the elegance that you can never see in any furniture nowadays. That is why it is important that you take care of your antique furniture whether it is a cabinet, a bed frame, or a table. If you want to revive the look of your beautiful furniture do not use a varnish and never use a strong chemical to remove its old color. It would not retain the real elegance of the antique furniture.

Instead, look for the product that is labeled as the Furniture Refinisher. This can work best with stained cabinets as well. Now you can remodel and revive the beauty of the old furniture by putting a new coat of varnish and polyurethane.

Get the designer-like cabinet: Stain your wooden cabinet

2009-04-11

Who says that a professional-looking cabinet can only come true if you allocate thousands of dollars just for this container? Well, you can decrease that price in a few bucks by doing it on your own. If you have a wooden cabinet, you are lucky because you can create a luxurious cabinet without spending so much.

You just need a few materials like an oil-based stain and a polyurethane and you’re good to go! By using a sandpaper, take the current paint off of your cabinet by sandpaper. Then start applying a wood conditioner to make it stronger and smoothen the surface of your wood at the same time. Then paint it with the oil-based stain and polyurethane. Viola! An elegant looking cabinet is all yours for less than $50!