Lacquer Furniture

I'm suffering from some serious DIY ADD, bouncing back and forth between the kitchen and my daughter's room. A few weeks ago while the weather was nice and I already had the garage set up as a spray paint workshop, I decided to go ahead and paint the Craigslist nightstands that I plan to use in her room. Remember the before? These have been waiting patiently in the garage since this summer for their makeover. The finish on the tops was in really bad shape, you can see that the legs were…

Happy Monday! Â Hope you all had a fabulous weekend. Â We enjoyed dinners on the porch, movie outings to Pitch Perfect 2 (Chris and me!) and Jurassic World (Chris and the kids went to that one!), yard sales, and furniture work. Â I finished up this emerald and wood midcentury dresser that I am about to share with you. One of our vendors at Sweet Clover knows my style and what I love, so every once in a while she'll text me when she finds something she thinks I may want. Â She nailed it with…

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* I received free Amy Howard at Home Lacquer for Furniture in exchange for reviewing their product. All opinions are my own. About a year ago I picked up this little beauty up on Craig’s List. Everything was perfect – the lines, the hardware, the lacquer, the whole chinoiserie-ness of it. Everything was perfect except the color. Sage is a fine color for sure but not one that was going to work in my home. I planned to change it up but I wanted to keep the lacquer finish. Except everything…

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We LOVE the look of Lacquered finishes... but they can be tricky Kenny enjoys using his spray gun with enamel paint, but me? Not so much It's the "cleaning" part that gets me... I am not a strong "cleaner-upper" which is REALLY bad with a spray gun and oil based paint! I've tried using Rustoleum's lacquer spray with mediocre results I'd never attempt it with a large piece... the nozzle doesn't offer a large enough fan of spray and there always seems to be TONS of overspray Up until now, I've…

DIY expert Amy Howard shares all about High-Performance Furniture Lacquer. This nitrocellulose lacquer gives a bright pop of color to any rescued piece and o...

Love to see how the Lacquer is being used! #citron #lacquer #amyhowardathome #enjoythebraggingrights