Decorating & Renovating
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Distressing Furniture
Hello all! This is my first time posting on TN and I'm told that you guys would be a great resource for this. I would like to refinish/distress a shabby old dresser. I've never done this before and while I can find some tutorials on pinterest, I would really like to hear from someone who has done it. What steps did you go through and how did you do it? Any advice or tips? I want to go for a shabby chic look vs paint chip, if that helps. Thanks!
Re: Distressing Furniture
Look up Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. It's pricey but supposed to be very good for distressing and you don't need to sand or prime! I haven't tried it yet but am thinking about pulling the trigger. An antique shop owner in my town uses it a lot and raves about it.
(It costs about $40/quart but is said to last quite some time and go a long way.)