A set of basic wooden furniture is housed within a space full of distressed wood walls and floor planks. - Pakin Songmor/Getty Images If you find yourself in possession of outdated-looking wooden ...

Instead of dishing out bags of money for the same product at a store, why not do a bit handy work? Grab some old furniture and a bit of paint, and find a method to age furniture that works best for ...

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 ...

Miranda Webster of the Tinsel + Wheat Blog demonstrated an easy distressed painting technique to add character to furniture pieces and other decorative items in your home. Miranda is a blogger ...

You don't need any special know-how to get started with distressing. All you need is a little creativity and some sense of balance and colour. Upcycle a small coffee table before moving to a dining ...

From scraping to sanding to priming to painting, it’s delightful once you figure out how to avoid the pitfalls. Painting an old chair: harder than it looks. Credit... Supported by By Tim Heffernan ...

DIY novices, fear not: refurbing your furniture is much simpler than you may think. Repainting a dresser, bookshelf, or mirror doesn't have to be an arduous task, and can be tackled in a weekend ...