Painted Furniture Using an All Natural Chalk and Clay Paint

What a glorious summer week to paint furniture!  Look what our paintriots have done this time: Village Furniture painted this armoire using Limoges, and a mix of browns with Navajo White. Mainely Vintage painted this table using layers of Cannonball, Beach Glass, Tumbleweed, Heaven’s Light and Desert Cactus. Junque in My Trunk painted this dresser using Treasure {Read More…}

Painting Furniture with American Paint Company’s All Natural Chalk and Clay Paint

Our paintriots have been busy transforming furniture using our all natural chalk and clay paint. Look at the beautiful finishes painted with American Paint Company paint. The Painted Dragonfly painted this desk using Smoke Signal and Surfboard and finished with Clear Wax. Twice Nice painted this dresser in a subway station style using Lincoln’s Hat and Navajo {Read More…}

Painting with Red Paint – An English Desk

I was so excited to use this paint, that I forgot to take before pictures!   I just wanted to get to the after! Step 1: This desk had some water damage to the front, so I scraped and steamed off the remaining veneer.  Followed by some sanding, the piece was ready to be painted. Step {Read More…}

Who, What, Where Wednesday – All Things New Again

Hi! I’m Courtney. These are my parents, Dave and Cathy Prebich, owners of All Things New Again, a furniture and paint boutique. My parents started woodworking as a hobby in the 1980’s. Because they do everything with gusto, they soon had more shelves than wall space and more holiday decorations than they could give away {Read More…}

Makeover Monday – Three Tier Table

I purchased this sweet little tiered table to use as a display table in my shop, to hold all of my small sample sized pots of American Paint Company chalk and clay paints, and I decided to use a different color on each tier to make it fun! The American Paint Company colors are listed {Read More…}

Facebook Friday #18

It’s a beautiful week to transform furniture using American Paint Company’s all natural chalk and clay based paints.  Check out what our paintriots have done this week! Picadilly Bob’s painted this dresser using Smoke Signal, Peacock, Top Coat and Dark Glaze. Trent River Designs perked up this lamp with a new shade and painted over tarnished brass {Read More…}

Makeover Monday – A Funky Vanity

I’m sure a lot of you are anxious for Spring to arrive, hopefully it’s already arrived in your neck of the woods.  I see pictures of other people’s flowers and I’m so jealous!!!  If we can’t start planting for a few more weeks, at least we can enjoy brightening up the place with some paint. Cathy {Read More…}

Transforming Furniture – A Cabinet Re-doodle

Sometimes (ok– a lot of times!) I can’t decide how to paint a piece of furniture so it just sits in my garage waiting for inspiration to strike. I didn’t have to wait for this handmade vintage cabinet. The moment I saw it, I immediately knew two things. 1. That pink top and those purple/white {Read More…}

Furniture Makeover – A Vintage Dresser

I decided to try American Paint Company’s new color Peacock on one of my pieces for a market I’m doing. Peacock is a turquoise shade that has a bit of a vintage softness to it. I am usually a grey or vintage white kind of girl, which I actually did start with on this piece, but those {Read More…}

Painting Furniture – A Farm Table

Do you remember that scene in The Wizard of Oz where the house lands on top of the wicked witch and all you see are her legs sticking out with those fabulous ruby slippers? Well, I found a fabulous pair of legs sticking out just like that underneath a pile of furniture in my daughter Courtney’s garage! {Read More…}

Facebook Friday #14

What can chalk and clay paint do, you ask?  Easily transform your piece!  Check out what our paintriots did using American Paint Company’s chalk and clay all natural paint! The Painted Dragonfly painted this desk and chair using Momma’s Lipstick. Midwest Cottage and Finds  painted this dresser with Peacock and finished in Brown Glaze. Altar’d Designs  {Read More…}

Facebook Friday #13

Time to be inspired and pick up that paint brush! Our paintriots are always busy transforming pieces with American Paint Company’s amazing chalk and clay paint, showing you how easy and beautiful it is to use this all natural paint. Let’s get this party started with a dresser decoupaged and painted with Freedom Road, Plymouth {Read More…}

Facebook Friday #12

Our paintriots are busy creating beautiful finishes using American Paint Company chalk and clay paint!  Look at what has been transformed this week: Distressed Nest made this custom shelf for a client and finished it with Dollar Bill and stain for the top shelf. Lock & Key Treasures painted this cupboard with Born on the 4th {Read More…}

How To Fix Bleed Through when Chalk Painting Furniture

How To Fix Bleed Through when Chalk Painting Furniture Kate K. gives us a walk through on How To Fix Bleed Through when Chalk Painting Furniture. This is her story. I had this piece sitting around for a long while, waiting for both time and inspiration to come.  It was an old piece and had seen {Read More…}

All Natural Paint Finishes – A Close-Up Look

There’s nothing like a good paint makeover, especially when it is done using American Paint Company’s all natural chalk and clay paint! No acrylic, latex or synthetic paint here! Just all natural yumminess!  Check out these beautiful finishes created with our chalk and clay paint. Youngest of Nine Designs created this finish using Surfboard over {Read More…}

Repurposing Furniture – From Dresser to Media Center

This is a piece we got from Love Inc Lake County Southwest.  They are a charity organization that we work with.  Occasionally they get a piece of furniture that isn’t suitable to pass on to those in need.  Rustic Touch has partnered with them and takes their unwanted pieces.  We refinish them and sell them {Read More…}

Makeover Monday – Before and After

They say that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and this definitely rings true with wood furniture.  Even though scratched and worn, some see wood grain that shouldn’t be covered and others see a canvas waiting to be painted.  If you ever want to create controversy and don’t want to talk politics, just {Read More…}

This n’ That Thursday – Drawer Pulls as Inspiration

It’s been a cold snowy winter in our neck of the woods with temperatures and wind chills in the negatives.  With a blizzard in tomorrow’s forecast, I’m looking forward to the lazy hazy days of summer. I picked up these drawer pulls for another dresser but ended up using them on a coffee table that was {Read More…}

American Paint Company – Close-Up Color

Are you ready for a close up?  Check out the beautiful finishes created with American Paint Company chalk and clay paints. Vintage Charm Restored used Home Turf, Born on the 4th mixed with Shining Seas to create a beautiful peacock blue, Blue Jeans as a wash and Born on the 4th again. Then she distressed like crazy {Read More…}

Painting and Distressing Furniture – A Funky Chunky Highboy

I love painting with rich, saturated colors so I was absolutely in my glory when I found out my friend’s daughter wanted them for her new dresser. I tend to hold back when I paint furniture to sell in the store, but I have way more fun doing pieces in bright whimsical colors. This piece {Read More…}

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