DIY Saturday #112 – How to Stain your Favorite Old Furniture (Video)

Guest Blogger #623, Entry #1475, August 18, 2012

Happy DIY Saturday! Have you ever looked at a piece of furniture at a yard sale or in your attic and said, “How can I bring that piece of furniture back to life?” Well the answer is wood staining. Staining your favorite furniture can bring back it’s original beauty or give it a new look that it never had. Today we talk about staining your favorite furniture.

Helpful tips for your next furniture staining project

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Watch a You Tube showing you the best techniques for staining your furniture and then my guest blogger gives tips showing the advantages of using stain on your furniture. Just wait, you will love how your old furniture gets renewed!

How to Refinish & Stain your Wood Furniture Video

Guest Blogger – The advantages of using stain on your furniture

Wooden furniture pieces are an appealing addition to a home’s décor. Many homeowners use stain to enhance the look of their wooden furniture. The following reveals how using colour stain can change the look of wooden furniture in a home.

Choose a stain that is perfect for your project

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Brightening up your decor

First, using colour stain on wood furniture can lighten up to the decor of a room. For instance, picture a living room in a home that has dark carpeting as well as walls painted in a dark colour. This makes the room’s decor solemn and heavy. However, by using a bright, honey-coloured stain on the wooden furniture arrangement in the room, the space receives an instant dose of light. In short, a coat of stain gives the furniture arrangement a warm glow that adds brightness to the decor of the living room.

Renewing the look of old furniture

Next, colour stain has the power to renew the look of older pieces of wooden furniture. Over time, wooden furniture can begin to look worn and dull. Applying a fresh colour of stain to a piece of wooden furniture can help to refresh its appearance. For example, a wooden coffee table with a faded top can take on new life with a coat of cherry stain. Alternatively, a coat of stain in a shade of espresso goes a long way to perk up a set of old wooden bookshelves. Colour stain gives new life to a beloved piece of wooden furniture.

Covering up perfections

Colour stain can also serve the practical purpose of covering-up imperfections on a piece of wooden furniture. For instance, dark-coloured stain can help to disguise gouges on the surface of a piece of wooden furniture. In fact, colour stain can be the perfect solution for an owner who wants to display a piece of furniture without revealing its imperfections.

As many homeowners know, redecorating an entire room can be very expensive. One appealing option is to use a new colour stain on a gathering of wooden furniture. A group of wooden furniture with a fresh coat of colour stain gives a room a whole new look. Furthermore, staining furniture is a relatively inexpensive undertaking. When it comes to furniture stain, there are plenty of colour options to satisfy the creative visions of a homeowner!

The beauty of staining your wood furniture

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Choosing your perfect stain colour

There are many colours of furniture stain that can complement other colours in the décor of a room. For example, when a homeowner puts up new wallpaper featuring red design work, he or she may want to stain the room’s wooden furniture in a shade of red. The red coat of stain on the wooden furniture serves to complement the designs in the wallpaper. Rooms with colours that complement one another have a balanced atmosphere that make them more inviting to family as well as visitors.

Finally, with the help of colour stain, a group of wooden furniture can take on a stylish new appearance. Giving wooden furniture a splash of colour via a coat of stain is a simple, inexpensive way to perk up the décor of any room.

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