Give Old Furniture A Modern Makeover

Take painted furniture a step further with all over eye catching color as well as painted details.

Give old furniture a modern makeover.

Now that you have decided what about your old piece needs to go. Follow our fresh and affordable tips to rethink secondhand furniture and make it into something fresh and fabulous. Rustic cabinet makeover by simply chic treasures. Salvage savvy modern dresser.

Use our fun paint techniques to update a dresser table chair or bookcase and take items from bland to beautiful in less than a weekend. Rather than throwing out your old furniture learn how to give your old dresser a modern makeover by following this video tutorial. There are plenty of ways to give your old furniture a fresh new look. Decide what modern features to include.

Red desk makeover by the 36th avenue. From time to time there. These series of louis xv upholstered ribbon chairs are beautiful classic frame pieces with a twist that comes in bright colorful upholstery. Two tone desk and hutch by a sunday afternoon.

Coat the dresser with enamel semigloss paint. To begin pull off all of the old drawers and other pieces that do not work. Taking traditionally shaped ornate chairs dransfield ross put a modern emphasis on upholstery adding color and playfulness as well as a nice contrast to the char design. 4 steps to diy step 1.

Look at the elements of your piece and decide what s dated. Most of them are easy to do and don t cost a lot of money. You will need to sand down the frame of the dresser and then replace all of the problematic parts. Ways to give old furniture a modern makeover.

Decide what needs to change. We snagged a 1960s bennington pine bookcase on craigslist via forgotten furniture and gave it some. Hutch and buffet makeover by the 36th avenue. Prep the piece by sanding cleaning and priming.

Dransfield ross definitely know how to give a traditional furniture piece a modern makeover. Transform old furniture into new functional pieces with these step by step makeovers. Bring a starved for attention bookcase back to life with a quick wallpaper and paint makeover. Rustic navy blue dresser by jilly and mia.

The best part of making over furniture yourself is the ability to customize. For this reason it may be worthwhile to visit a thrift store or two.