American Paint Co. Blog

Apr06

Santa Fe Dresser!

Santa Fe Inspired Dresser by Effie’s Salvage Barn! I found this gem at a garage sale for $5.00.  The funny thing is, as ugly as it was, this size of dresser seems to sell, so I plunged in and took the risk.  It sat in the storage unit for the better part of the winter {Read More...}
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Mar30

Monday Retailer Inspiration!

Retailer Inspiration! Bricolage Sha Sha Logadi, owner of Bricolage in Santa Rosa, CA,  is a creative and talented retailer.   She painted this lovely dinning room set using a blend of Lincoln’s Hat as her painted base, black glaze and black mica to give depth and richness to her piece....
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Mar22

Monday Makeover Inspiration!

Monday Makeover Inspiration! You can use American Paint Company paint and finishing products for more than just painting furniture! A customer at Sassy Frass in Anacortes, WA painted this beautiful picture using all American Paint Company products!  We love seeing what you can create with...
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Mar16

Monday Makeover by Twigs and Twine!

American Paint Company retailer, Lori Masteroni, owner of  Twigs and Twine, in Lakewood, CO shares this circa 1800s trunk that belongs to her friend Diane Williams Gumm for our Monday Makeover! Diane shared the history of this trunk with us, “The Trunk belonged to my Great grandma...
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Mar09

Painted Pieces Retailer Inspiration!

Inspiration to brighten your day! Twice Nice Furniture and Home Decor Owner of Twice Nice Furniture and home Decor in Nebraska shares her cool rescue piece, and she said it turned out just the way she wanted it too! APC’s Smoke Signal and Home Plate  and finishing with both dark and clear...
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Mar02

Beautiful inspiration from our friends at Persnickety’s Awesomeness Emporium!

Persnickety’s Awesomeness Emporium in Sumner, Washington, shares their unique brand of inspiration and we love what they do with a can of American Paint Company paint and finishes! This dresser is all dolled up with American Paint Company’s Home Plate and Vintage Velvet, she’s...
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Feb17

If She Can Do It… You Can Do It!

  Double-Take Decor Furniture Paint Studio in Hamilton, Montana was interested in carrying an all natural, no VOC, earth friendly paint they would feel good about using and recommending to their customers.  They chose American Paint Company because is was safe and easy to use and they...
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Feb09

Custom Curio with wallpaper and a unique stencil design!

Retailer Nika Hipsher, owner of UNika Custom Creations LLC, in Middletown, DE, shares how she created this beautiful curio using American Paint Company  Cannonball and Navajo White paint and top coat to finish her masterpiece. I was dropping off some unwanted items at Goodwill, while I was...
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Jan31

HOW TO USE AMERICAN PAINT COMPANY GLAZES TO CREATE A WOOD-STAIN LOOK

Our friend Karen from Bay Avenue Antiques in Barnegat, NJ is back with another awesome guest post on the All Things New Again Blog. She shares a great tutorial on how to use American Paint Company glazes to create a stained look on wood. American Paint Company glazes can be used to create a beautiful...
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Jan20

All things new again!

Hello, 2015! This seems like a good time to complete all of those half-finished projects I started waaaaaay back in 2014. If you have been to our shop, All Things New Again in Leesburg, VA, in the past six months or so … you may have seen me working on this lampshade. That stencil—with its...
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