Hello! My name is Bea and I've started my journey of upcycling furniture in late 2020. I have always loved recycling and upcycling, and I've found my real interest in furniture upcycling and renovation. I simply love to see how an old piece turns into a modern one, saving them from the landfill. At the moment it's a part-time passion for me, but I'm working on turning it into a full-time love. I'm hoping to open my own shop one day, but until then, I'm selling my pieces online. I'm still a beginner, but I love experimenting and learning new techniques. Follow me on my journey :) Bea
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It was an editing failure on my part! The song is longer than the last part of the video, and I only realised that my editor didn’t cut it after I posted the video. 🙈 I hope you still enjoyed the video 🥰 (and the extra song! 😂)
Thank you so much! I love that too!! I’m trying to make more furniture when I leave the wood natural and only use paint to help highlight the wood 🥰 I love to see the wood grain! 😍
This came out beautiful! I have an old maple dresser that was my great grandmothers and the top is warped, so I’m going to try your method on evening it out! I absolutely love the color that you painted this piece. I live at the beach and this piece that I am doing is going to be in my grandsons bedroom so I am looking to do a color similar to this that you did but more of a sea greenish-blue! I love your ideas and your pieces! 👌🏽🥰
Hello, Thank you so much for your lovely comment! 🥰🥰 I hope it's going okay if you tried it since! If you haven't painted yet, I can highly recommend this paint: Fusion Mineral paint - Seaside, I think that colour would be close to what you might like. Have a look at my other video where I use that paint, it's called "40 years old display set makeover" 🥰
Great video again, love this piece! With fusion mineral lids i used to have the same problem, if the lid is stuck on use a sanding pad to grip the lid, but to prevent it sticking put cling film between the lid before you put it away,.
you did a great job on such a huge piece! How did you work out a price for the customer as its not a quick job to do this, in my experience customers never appreciate how much time and effort goes into doing something!
Thank you! Well, I calculated how much hours I estimate it will take, times the payment per hour that I want to charge. Then I doubled the figure that I got, because I have poor time judgement, and I knew it was gonna take a lot more time, especially because I'm very perfectionist. Plus because these sets are really expensive if bought brand new. Then I added materials and fuel cost for picking it up and delivering. 😊 Yes, I just "lost" a potential customer because I asked for a certain amount to be paid in advance (cost of furniture plus cost of materials only) and she only wanted to pay on delivery, which is too high of a risk for me. It's worth waiting for the customer who appreciates our time and effort. 😊
I don't often approve of painting wood furniture, but this looks great painted. I love the color. And the piece appears to never have been finished?? It's not an antique or designer piece. Neither is pine a particularly valuable wood for finishing. So painting is not only acceptable, but attractive on it!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! 🥰 When I started upcycling I was all about painting furniture as that's what I could think of. But now I'm more into keeping it natural wood and applying the paint as an accessory or decoration: to help highlight the beauty of the piece and the wood. I agree with you, I do think it needed the paint 😁
Hey do you have any tips for moving warped drawers? I spotted a gorgeous dressed outside a charity shop but it's been left outside for weeks can't get the drawer closed to fit in car?
Hi! 😁 Warped wood is a bit tricky. First I would dry it out, leave it in a warm place for a few days, probably a week. Then the drawers should close theoretically. You can also use a hairdryer or heatgun on low setting. If after drying it still doesn't close, you can remove some wood from the bottom of the drawer using a wood planer, until it closes. If it's a bit stiff when it slides, you can apply some candle wax on the bottom of the drawer ad it will slide smoothly. If I didn't answer your question, or you have another question, then message me on Instagram and we can discuss it further 😁
It's definitely a must! It makes life so much easier! There wasn't, only in a few areas. I have used a lot of the paint, but it's just because I haven't got the experience with it yet. But it's the best £50 I have ever spent 😁
Thank you so much! Yes, I kove it too! Originally, my idea was to paint it white and have it all light coloured, but when I primed, it didn't look right. So my hubby was helping with the colours 😁 It already sold yesterday 🥰
The shellac on your brush should clean off with denatured alcohol (undrinkable alcohol used as a solvent or fuel; one gallon costs about $15-20) If the distinct open grain under the paint on the sides isn’t a look you had in mind, you could consider a grain filling powder mixed with water and wiped over the whole area before priming over it, or applying the grain filler over the first coat of primer and doing a second. Congrats on the quick sale! I really like the style of the piece.👍
One other thing you can use to clean brushes and such is ammonia. I prefer to use that for my paint sprayer vs my brushes. I will say, denatured alcohol smells a whole lot better! Thanks for that tip! I totally forgot about that!
Lovely. I have added some black base to a can of my undercoat turning it grey. This undercoat I use on furniture I’m painting with dark colours so it gives a better coverage.
