American Home Collection Backyard Pond! Imagine a perfect day: blue skies, a gentle breeze, family and friends, laughter and thick slices of watermelon! Backyard Pond is a good-natured medium blue that nudges our memories of a perfect day and it’s reminiscent of a crystal blue pond! Our retailers have been busy painting with Backyard Pond, and we hope {Read More…}
Paint is your friend!
Decorating is exciting! Ask anyone who’s decorated or designed a space and they will tell you, it’s expensive, its time consuming and sometimes it’s downright confusing and difficult. What to do, when you find you’ve bought that “had to have it” piece and it’s the wrong color & doesn’t work in your space? Should you {Read More…}
Who, What, Where – Feather & Nest!
Feather & Nest Deborah King of Feather & Nest I have always had a love for design paired with a desire to create beautiful things and spaces. I had already been painting furniture and accessories for my own home when I discovered American Paint company and fell in love with the products three years {Read More…}
Color Inspiration!
It’s a beautiful thing to do what you love and love what you do! At American Paint Company we feel blessed to do what we love and to be surrounded by a plethora of color to inspire and delight us every day. What we love most about American Paint Company, is our talented, enthusiastic and {Read More…}
What have you painted today? Featuring A-maize-ing!
Our talented creative retailers have been busy painting with A-maize-ing – a rich sunny yellow color. Nika Hipster of Unika Custom Creations, in Middletown, DE , shows us how to can change a piece of furniture that isn’t working with your decor into something that fits perfectly with what you love. She used A-maize-ing for the {Read More…}
You Won’t Believe how this $25 Dresser Looks After She Painted it
Without any sanding or stripping the piece, Charlene Wray painted this old dresser with Clay / Chalk / Mineral paint and added Dark Vintage Antiquing Wax for an incredible transformation! “This is my very first piece painted with APC! Bought this piece for $25 and it needed some love!” Adding Texture & Dark Vintage Antiquing Wax {Read More…}
Can’t Reupholster? Paint Your Fabric!
Recently, Lorna found herself with a broken left hand and a chair she’d planned to reupholster. Refusing to postpone the makeover, she decided to try her one good hand at fabric painting. Having heard about others’ success using American Paint Company Clay/Chalk/Mineral Paint to convert fabric, she now had a great reason to test it {Read More…}
Custom Curio with wallpaper and a unique stencil design!
Retailer Nika Hipsher, owner of UNika Custom Creations LLC, in Middletown, DE, shares how she created this beautiful curio using American Paint Company Cannonball and Navajo White paint and top coat to finish her masterpiece. I was dropping off some unwanted items at Goodwill, while I was there I spotted this cabinet in their back room {Read More…}
Mica Magic – Using American Paint Company Mica Powder
Every once in a while, I’ll get an email from someone who’d like to know if we’re interested in a piece of furniture. This happened a while back and I was SO excited when I saw the pictures of a charming vintage vanity. Here’s what she looked like when we picked her up. I have wanted to paint one {Read More…}
From Garage to Gorgeous
I purchased this cabinet a couple of years ago at a yard sale. The woman who was selling it had it in her garage as storage for a number of years so it was pretty beat up. But she had the original doors and hardware. It was a nice solid piece and had potential. I had seen a {Read More…}
Using Paint Instead of Stain
This dresser was a mess when we brought it home, and had more damage than any other piece I’ve tackled before. It’s hard to believe when you view the “Before” photo but you’ll just have to trust me on this one! The top was way past re-staining, with tons of patch work everywhere, so I {Read More…}
Transforming Furniture – You’re a Grand Old Flag
We all likely learned the flag salute as school children, pledged our allegiance to it every day in class and learned about the symbolism of each star, stripe and color. I recently had the opportunity to learn some lesser known facts about Old Glory, such as what are the overall dimensions of the flag, how {Read More…}
Painted Furniture – A Coffee Table with Storage
Michelle and I drive the same route daily and we both drove past a yard sale but didn’t have time to stop. As most of you know, when you see a large sale on the side of the road and you can’t stop, it’s usually a neck snapping moment as the opportunity passes and you {Read More…}