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Refinishing a Future Heirloom

Sarah of Thrifty Decor Chick shares a great project that involves a piece that is very important to her, which she also worked on with her father.

I’m super excited about this project — one, because it turned out beautifully. Two, because it’s a piece that means a lot to me and I’m
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A Quick Stain for a Picture Frame

The downside to doing television shows is that I sometimes arrive back in my workshop with partially stained props, such as this oak picture frame. As you know, once a stain has dried it can only be removed by sanding it off, which is what I did with my palm sander and some #120-grit
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Is it Old — Or a Reproduction?

I was in a hotel lobby recently when I heard two ladies exclaiming how much they loved this antique sideboard. I looked around and saw three more identical sideboards, which confirmed my suspicion:  this was a reproduction. But what made it look old?

First, fake wormholes. You can
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