{"id":2366,"date":"2012-04-12T23:26:28","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T05:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mi-ling.com\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2012-04-13T10:58:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T16:58:45","slug":"from-trash-to-treasure-repaint-the-furniture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/from-trash-to-treasure-repaint-the-furniture\/","title":{"rendered":"From trash to treasure &#8212; repaint the furniture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Mi-Ling Stone Poole<\/p>\n<p>The next time you\u2019re contemplating throwing away an old beat-up table, an ugly lamp or an old dresser\u2026stop!\u00a0Consider doing it yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Julie Inbody\u00a0has a knack for finding trash and turning it into treasure. Over the years\u00a0she has donated lots of painted items to the Edmond North Booster Club auction on behalf of her daughters Elizabeth and Jennifer. Julie scrounges garage sales, and looks through discarded trash containers to find hidden treasures. She has painted trunks, lamps, picture frames, shelves and chairs to name a few. Her items are always popular at the auction and she has made a name for herself as one of the most artistic and crafty people inEdmond.<\/p>\n<p>Although she is a\u00a0trained respiratory therapist,\u00a0her life is devoted to crafting. She makes quilts, drapes, pillows and just about anything else but her passion is painting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get excited when I walk into a paint store, and I love looking at all the different types of paint colors and finishes,\u201d Julie said.\u00a0\u00a0 Painting relaxes me and allows me to utilize my creativity. It\u2019s also fun to look at a discarded item and figure out how I can make something special out of it.\u201d Julie Said.<\/p>\n<p>Julie provides tips below for painting\u00a0old furniture:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lightly sand the selected piece of furniture.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Paint the\u00a0entire piece of furniture with a water based paint in the color of your\u00a0\u00a0choice.<\/li>\n<li>Mix 1 part glaze (Decorative Effects) with 1 part\u00a0\u00a0paint color of your choice. (Glaze extends the drying time of the paint to allow you to wipe off the paint during the antiquing process).<\/li>\n<li>Sponge the color on the furniture<\/li>\n<li>Wipe off with an old clean tee-shirt.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Let dry<\/li>\n<li>Top with a \u00a0clear\u00a0 varnish<\/li>\n<li>Lightly sand (be careful)<\/li>\n<li>Top with a second coat of varnish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mi-Ling Stone Poole The next time you\u2019re contemplating throwing away an old beat-up table, an ugly lamp or an old dresser\u2026stop!\u00a0Consider doing it yourself. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[855,856,858,854,857,505],"class_list":["post-2366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-mi-ling","tag-chairs","tag-dresser","tag-faux-finishes","tag-painted-furniture","tag-photo-frames","tag-tables"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/painted-furniture-010-e1334294758671.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366\/revisions\/2395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}