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How to Restore an Old Exterior Wood Door

Ever wondered how to take an old wood exterior door and turn it into the natural wood exterior door of your dreams? Look no further! Today we’re sharing our tutorial for how to restore an old exterior wood door.

DIY, Furniture Makeovers, Home

DIY Home Decor Tutorial: Another Fresh, Fun Painted Furniture – How To Paint a Console Table

I warned you that no piece of furniture in our house was safe from my paint brush, and apparently I wasn’t kidding! Today I’m walking you through yet another fresh, fun DIY painted furniture how to via a beat up old Craigslist console table that was in serious need of a Cinderella-style makeover. Plus, I’m talking all about my anxiety when it comes to choosing the perfect paint color and how this project helped me find a new cottage-perfect paint color I absolutely love!

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DIY IKEA Hemnes Coffee Table and Media Console Hack

We haven’t done an IKEA hack in a while, and definitely didn’t intend to do another one any time soon, but thanks to a inspecting every inch of our house for weeks on end now, no piece of furniture in our home right is safe from my paint brush! So today we’re sharing a super easy IKEA coffee table and media console hack with a DIY furniture makeover tutorial that can be applied to upgrading any old, beat up piece of furniture around your house.

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DIY Home Decor: Easy DIY Nightstand

Oops, we did it again! And by again I mean we gave our affordable wood IKEA nightstands another easy, fun DIY makeover for our cottage-cozy master bedroom! Not only are we sharing the before and after and the story behind this makeover, I’m also sharing an easy, step-by-step tutorial for painting wood furniture and achieving the perfect finish without the fuss! If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at painting furniture, but have been too afraid of failure to try, this one’s for you. We’re makin’ it easy breezy!

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A Cottage-Perfect Natural, Pickled Wood Dresser Makeover

I’m SO excited for today’s DIY pickled wood dresser makeover tutorial because this is a project I’ve been dying to tackle for a few years, and I was so happy that I finally found the perfect piece to try the pickling technique on! We’re giving you all of the details on this beautiful antique wood dresser’s multiple makeovers, breaking down what the pickling technique is exactly and talking you through how we took this dresser from pink to pickled in just a few easy steps!

KILZ chalk paint dresser makeover by Love and Specs

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A Perfectly Pink DIY KILZ Chalk Paint Dresser Makeover

We could NOT be more excited to show you this pretty in pink DIY dresser makeover we tackled using KILZ® paint and primer because not only is the finished result one of our favorite furniture makeovers of all time, but we’re giving you all of the details on how you can enter to win a $1000 prepaid Visa giftcard in the KILZ® Street to Sweet Sweepstakes!

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Simple Winter DIY Home Decor Updates

This year we’re vowing to show you more of all of the small, simple, easy DIY home decor updates that happen so frequently around our house, so today we’re showing you two simple DIY decor projects tackled in our home over the holiday break that were as simple to execute as they were affordable, but served as major upgrades!

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DIY Upholstered Headboard Makeover

We gave our vintage upholstered wood headboard another easy DIY makeover with some beautiful new fabric and brought out some of its warm wood accents as part of our cozy, neutral master bedroom makeover. Just another before and after to love!

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An Easy DIY Wood Dresser Makeover

Another day, another easy DIY furniture makeover here on Love + Specs and this time we’ve even shocked ourselves with how simple and cool this DIY project was. We refinished the top of our favorite wood bedroom dresser & gave it new life… again!

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Easy DIY Wood Dining Chair Makeover

Get ready for another easy, cheap DIY furniture makeover you’ll love! See how we gave these gorgeous antique wood and cane farmhouse dining chairs a DIY painted white makeover to pair perfectly with our beloved breakfast table. It’s so simple your cat could do it! 

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DIY Painted White Cane Chair Makeover

We’ve been loving cane chairs as of late, specifically cane chairs with white frames and natural cane backs, so we took matters into our own hands and gave an old OfferUp desk chair find a DIY paint makeover with a farmhouse feel, and it became one of our favorite furniture flips we’ve ever done!  

Outdoor Teak Furniture Restoration Tutorial, tips featured by top US home DIY blogger, Love and Specs

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Outdoor Teak Furniture Restoration Tutorial

Outdoor living season is here, and what better way to celebrate than to restore your beat up outdoor teak patio furniture to its former glory? We’re teaching you all about teak wood furniture restoration and the best way to make your teak patio furniture shine so you can take the party outside!

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Been cooking up something special for 2023! 💕@olcartier #baby #babygirl #babyblog
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Game. Changer. 🥰 This was my first request when we talked about the shower with our builder @hill.farm.design & now that we’re in here, I can confidently say that it was 100% worth it! #bathroomdesign #bathroomremodel #bathroomdecor #bathroomrenovation
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#Ad The perfect celebratory cocktail! Chris is whipping up his special NYE cocktail, the Pomegranate Paloma Spritz with his favorite tequila, @lobos1707 Joven as the star of the show! Screenshot the end of the vid to save this recipe that I 100% think you need in your life, or find it below.  You can find Lobos 1707 Tequila & Mezcal at your local @totalwine or buy online with link here: https://bit.ly/ShopLobos1707 (linked in bio) #Lobos1707Holiday #Lobos1707NYE
POMEGRANATE PALOMA SPRITZ
To cocktail shaker add:
1 oz grapefruit juice
.25 oz pomegranate juice
1 oz simple syrup
1.5 oz Lobos 1707 Joven Tequila
ice
shake vigorously
rim glass with black salt
add pomegranate seeds to shaker
add mixture to glass
top with sparkling Rosé
garnish with dehydrate grapefruit wheel
Put on your party hat 🥳
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Our NEW fun, totally free 2022 Holiday Phone Wallpapers in collaboration with the incredible @rhianawni are on the blog ready for you to download, share with friends & enjoy & I hope you love this vibrant, festive set as much as I do! Happy holidays, friends!🎄
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Making a beautiful, moisturizing soap at home is almost TOO easy using the method I shared on the blog & it makes such a fun holiday gift idea for friends, neighbors, fam, teachers & anyone else in your life who likes a good pamper sesh. Head to the link in my bio if you need a fun, easy, zen holiday craftivity in your life rn 🧼🫧 #holidays #christmasdiy #diygifts #homemadesoap

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