Painted Laminate Furniture

DIY - Wood Painting - Full Step-by-Step Tutorial with lots of tips and information. This woman is a genius with paint!

Painting over laminate can be an easy process with great results. Learn how to paint over laminate and end up with a durable finish.

After painting over 100 furniture pieces white, we have noticed that there are a few tips when painting furniture white that can help avoid problems.

When Eliza was officially potty trained enough that I felt confident getting rid of the changing table, I went in search of an awesome dresser to make over. Now, I have a serious love affair with yard sales, and I envisioned finding the perfect vintage dresser, something with great lines or fun details that just needed sprucing up. But I was striking out in a major way, in spite of the insane multitude of yard sales that sunny Saturday morning. Then I pulled up to a yard sale and saw this…

Painting IKEA furniture- The brand is Zinsser, but make sure you get the shellac-based version. It is formulated for use on laminate furniture, which most primers ar...

I get about ten emails a week asking about how to paint cheap, laminate plastic furniture. Yes you can paint laminate! The key to getting a great finish is using the right products! I will tell you exactly how I paint laminate including the products I use. I am not receiving any money or free {...Read More...}

Complete your cottage inspired bedroom decor with the Haven's Harbor Dresser from Stanley Furniture's Coastal Living Resort Collection. This distressed dresser features 12 spacious drawers

We’ve owned this laminate and particle board media center for about fifteen years. It was purchased in the leaner years from a discount furniture store. Back in the 90s, we used it in our family room to store all of our media equipment, but then we eventually moved it to the ki ...

Lettie had been on the lookout for both a dresser and a nightstand for a long time when she spotted this lovely piece on Craigslist for an affordable $40. Not only was it the perfect size, but also the perfect height to do double duty as a nightstand! From Lettie: The only downfall was that the body of the dresser was laminate. I read a lot about painting right over laminate and decided to go for it.

Posted by Devin: The weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and as usual for me this time of year: I am getting cabin fever! Does this happen to anyone else as spring approaches? Jake says I get “itchy” but it never fails that I either want to go on vacation to some faraway tropical place or I start getting a hankering to move to a new house and completely re-decorate and organize it (we’ve lived in our home for 7 years and I love it but every spring I’m suddenly hooked to…