Updating the Outdated

Do you ever feel out of date?  No doubt if you have teenagers the answer is a resounding YES!  Oh, it might be the clothing that you are sure you just bought a year or two ago (when in reality it was 10+) or the music that you actually know the words to or the phrases and slang that you try to use to be hip, only to be told that NO ONE says that anymore.

Well, besides what you wear or listen to or say, you may have out of date furniture in your life.  But, never fear, unlike your Hammer pants or BIG hair this kind of out of date is fixable.

Here are a few things I was able to update with a little paint and wood.  Click on links to see the details.

A bench with a heart before

and after.

A wall shelf before,

and much better after. 

Another wall shelf

Oh I wish I had a before picture of this--it was hunter green with ivy stenciled on it! Paint and wood added to the back freshen it up.

This roadside nineties sofa table

was made new with a faux verdigris paint treatment

Update an outdated hutch

with paint and beadboard and new hardware.

Replace smoked glass with colorful wood to make old tables new.

So while there may be no help to update your taste in music or hairstyles, try to breathe new life into outdated furniture pieces by seeing what it can be!