Swanky Printed Dresser How To, With PDF Stencils

Lena Corwin , super-talented author of Printing By Hand (which is totally on my Christmas list) has a tutorial on Etsy for this swanky looking dresser, complete with cute downloadable animal stencils.

To make it you'll need

• A piece of furniture to stencil, (old pieces should be sanded or stripped)

November 14, 2008

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Freshen Up Billy... Change Up an Ikea Staple

This can barely even be described as an Ikea Hack, as essentially I just slapped a bit of something on the back board of a slightly disreputable Billy bookcase that a friend passed along to me.

Maptastic:

I took the back of the Billy off and taped a large map onto it, I didn't even cut it to size, just folded the corners over and taped, then tacked it back on with new nails. An alternative would be to print out some images from google maps » READ MORE

September 28, 2008

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The $3 Table Project

Last October I went yard sale-ing and found a $3 table. The guy had a sign on it, "cute table for your LPs." I thought, okay yeah. It literally fell apart when he put it in my car. He gave me some wood glue and I gave him $3.

 



I picked up some sandpaper and primer from Lowes and took it home. I wanted to think about the paint color a little bit so I planned to get that the next day. I took it completely apart and sanded and primed it, then left i » READ MORE

November 13, 2006

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