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House Mix

Ideas on decor, organizing and family on a budget

Tag: painting

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How to get a rustic, bleached wood finish

October 9, 2018
how to stain for a light wood finish

This was my first time stripping furniture and using liming wax! The furniture stripping was … interesting. But I really liked the liming wax. (If you’ve never heard of it, I can’t wait to show you!) It was able to give me a cross between bleached and whitewashed wood. Let me introduce you to this… Read More How to get a rustic, bleached wood finish

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