Create your own shabby chic furniture for a cool, funky look. Shabby chic furniture is extremely popular, but can be very expensive. It is easy and fun to paint and distress your own pieces. Poke ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (Mass Appeal) – It’s tag sale season! Do you have an amazing piece of furniture that you found that needs some TLC? Learn tips and tricks to freshen up those tired second hand pieces.

SHAKER HEIGHTS -- You spent a week carefully sanding, priming and painting that cute chest of drawers you rescued from your aunt's attic. But your best friend is bragging on Facebook about how she ...

Like many Thersday readers, Kayla Ritt-Yamada is addicted to browsing flea markets and garage sales for bargain pieces of furniture. But “whenever I find something great, it’s usually half-broken or ...

A Northumberland shabby chic specialist has launched her own brand of paint for professional and amateur furniture up-cyclers. Sarah Weightman, who runs her shop, Everlong in Amble, worked with a ...

Sarah Ashurst, the Northumberland entrepreneur behind Everlong Paint, is aiming to further popularise her creative craft startup, through new channels both at home and abroad. Sarah’s chalk painting ...

Shabby chic decor, with its informal style and pastel tones, lends itself well to children's rooms. But its signature chippy-paint look can be hazardous if those long-ago layers are made up of lead ...