Are you sick of your furniture? Your home decor?

I surely was after living with my furniture and home decor for over 20 years now. I was needing a change!

However, my husband is soon to retire, and we’re not so sure where we will be next or what style of house we will be in. Will we stay here in Indiana? Or, will we move to Georgia near our kids and new grandbaby? 🤷🏻‍♀️

So, I didn’t want to do a lot of redecorating in this house or buy a lot of new furniture. It just wouldn’t make sense. But, after following all the home decor accounts on Instagram, it gave me the itch to redecorate. I should’ve known better! (I’ve always loved to decorate, so it’s kind of been my hobby through the years.) 💗 But with health issues and money being spent on kids activities and college 😳….well, redecorating took a backseat.

So, I didn’t want to spend a lot of money redecorating, but I was SO tired of my home decor (some of it Tuscan, HA) that I had an idea.

How about “revamping” my old furniture? That way if I liked it I could take it with me (if we moved) and if I didn’t… well I wouldn’t have spent that much money anyhow. Or, I could try and sell my experiments.

Along with the “farmhouse movement,” some of the other decorating trends right now are boho, modern farmhouse and mid-century ie: black paint, gold hardware, and hairpin legs. I decided to try a little bit of everything since I already had a lot of the supplies.

First, my dining room table (which I never really liked) because of the color of the wood, and stain, had me thinking what could I do to change the look of it?

It first was a “fail” for me because I tried to sand, it with all my might, but it just didn’t come out the shade I wanted. I was hoping for more of a natural, lighter, wood but realized my wood just wouldn’t sand as light as I had hoped. (Only after killing my arms for days!😡) With much deliberation, I decided to go ahead and paint it.

Black.

I had some leftover chalk paint and gave it a try.

I decided to leave some of the stained wood around the edges to help match the chairs.

Later, I hope to switch out a couple chairs. I’m thinking a wicker/taller chair would look good on each end.

*Oh, I forgot I painted my hutch against the wall as well. Metal and all!

Then, I worked on an old, banged up chest that I got from someone. It never sat level and figuring out the best way to support the heavy drawers was a little tricky but it all turned out just fine. I so wished I had taken a before pic. This thing was capital U Ugly! I thought about replacing the hardware but then decided to just spray paint the previous hardware gold (also leftover paint) then added some legs from Menards.

To save money, I also shopped my own home for wall decor and other items. I added some plants from Home Depot they have a great selection. And I also bought a basket from the At Home store. Then I found some old books in the attic, batik fabrics and teapot from China.

I really like the way this corner turned out! 🤗 The black against our neutral wall and the pops of green now make it one of my favorite spots in the house. The gold hardware against the black ended up looking really good too! I actually painted this piece before I even knew it was a trend.

Then, just last week I decided to take the decorative, wood trim and legs off my sofa table and added some hairpin legs.

We bought these hairpin legs at Hobby Lobby, but you can order all sized legs on Amazon or other hardware stores. We just ordered some shorter hairpin legs on Amazon, so I hope to match the end tables to the sofa table next.

We really like the way this turned out! Gives the room a whole new modern feel.

So maybe think about revamping your old furniture before getting rid of it or buying new. You can save a lot of money and change up the look to give a new feel to your room.

And you just might like your house all over again!

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Have you done any furniture revamping of your own? How did it turn out?