Can you really paint furniture without sanding or prepping?
Can you really paint furniture without sanding? That seems to be what every single Chalk Style Paint brand wants you to believe.
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It's Shimm'ah Time
The Holidays are coming! This year's Holidays may not look or feel like the special days we're used to. That doesn't mean we can't find creative ways to add some spooky or festive sparkle and fun to our homes - and most especially (we need it!) - to our lives.
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Move Over Blue! Fave Fall Colors to Try
Blues get to be the darlings of furniture painting almost all the time, but what about those lovely warm tones? Here are some suggestions that will look great in your home all year long.
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Color Love! Featuring a Few of My Favorites
If there's something y'all know about me, it's that I LOVE color. And by LOVE, I mean Color Is Life!! No wonder I paint *all the things* in gorgeous and very often Boho style color. Being a color devotee, it seems the perfect idea to start a new Blog series featuring some of my favorite paint colors, and the lines that carry them.
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Purple Diva Boho Chair Makeover
Have you been staring at that boring old chair and wondering whether to chuck it or just deal with it? Why not reinvent it? This month I completely reinvented an old stained chair into an amazing purple Diva. Just Like...
Tanglewood Sue's Chalk Paint Comparison Guide
I get it! You want to make the leap to painting your own furniture. You want to do away with the brown and create something that's all you. But where the heck do you start?!
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Furniture Is Back In Da House!
Furniture is back in da house... the Tanglewood Works house that is!! Over these past COVID months my creative focus hasn't really been on painted furniture for the store... but now that Tanglewood Works is open again, it's time to fill up the shop!
Chartreuse Dresser: A Color Mixing Story
Tanglewood Sue creates one of her favorite colors - chartreuse - by mixing three Miss Lillian's NO Wax Chock Paint colours - Limelight, Onyx and Urban Farmhouse - and the result is fresh, vibrant and fabulous!!
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Why I'm NOT hosting a Private Paid Group (and how you can keep it that way)
Here is my plan: I'm not selling the experience; the experience is FREE. Share the LIVE, comment, enjoy. Ask me whatever you want, while I paint for you. Instead, I will be selling what we create together. The art. The art itself. Not the invitation to the show. The PRODUCT of the show.
A House Remembered
Houses are adventures and heartbreakers.
Every nook and cranny can trigger a memory.
Have you ever had a house you loved so much it basically imprinted on you even though it wasn’t even yours?
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Every nook and cranny can trigger a memory.
Have you ever had a house you loved so much it basically imprinted on you even though it wasn’t even yours?
Somebody Fun Lives Here!
I LOVE the expression of a colorful home. It tells me fun and loving people live here. People who are bold and unafraid. People who take chances and say what they mean... Inspired by my love of colorful homes, I recently created a whimsical houses painting that - if they were real homes - would hold the promise, delight, and warmth of a wild and bold friend.
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Boho Opal-Affect Buffet: Create This Look With Paint!
You know me; I love me some Boho style. Like, we're life partners kinda love! And opals are just so dang pretty. So imagine the fun I had bringing these two special things together. This is a how-to on creating a unique Tanglewood Boho opal-affect paint finish that I'd love for you to try on your next project.
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