I've been putting off blogging about painting furniture because I've been thinking about painting some of my own, however, I've not had a chance to do much lately.  I have been collecting articals and pic's though to refer to when I did get around to it but then I though 'hey!, why not share the love with my fellow kotalkers?', so, here are some cool things I've come across on sites like apartment therapy, crafty nest, makeing this home and recyclart to name just a few.

See what you can do with a dated kitchen

Before

Looks pretty dated already, evey though the cooker, counter top and accessories look fine...

After

Serious improvement!!

Kitchens may be the hardest.   Furniture can be that bit easier.  Take for example this side board.  You could pick something like this up in a charity shop for a song, or in a skip or freecycle.... for free!!

Seriously, they're not that hard to come by

But see what a bit of imagination does!!

Don't just limit yourself to using ordinary paint to update or pimp a peice.  There's always chalkboard paint and here's just one example of a clever way to use it...

Personally, I won't be painting till we move to the new house, I had been freecycling some of our old paint on the site (thank you to all who took it).  I am however toying with another blog on pimping with paper (you've already seen some of my projects) however I've more up my sleeve... so keep watching;-)