Let’s Paint Some Furniture!

Are you looking to update your home? Wanting to get a new look quickly, without spending a fortune? Let’s paint some furniture! Bungalow 47 Furniture Paint offers 20 on-trend designer colors in an American-made chalk and clay paint. It’s fast-drying and easy to use formula will have you painting in no time with little prep and fast results. Don’t be afraid to paint that furniture you’ve had forever to give it a new, updated look! Light distressing will give your piece that soft look of age. Bungalow 47 Furniture Paint can be distressed using sandpaper or a wet-distressing technique. Bungalow 47 Furniture Paint can be painted right over previous finishes, without having to strip, for a fresh new look! Protect your painted piece using Bungalow […]

How to Transfer Images to Furniture

Have you ever wondered how all those DIYers are able to transfer printed images onto painted furniture? Well now we have an easy way to show you, thanks to one of our amazing paint retailers in Missouri. Tristan Taggart is an artist and furniture painter who sells her wares at Blue Moon Boutique Market in Joplin, Missouri. She’s super creative and is a lover of our paint products carried through the Junk Gypsy™ Paint and Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic® Paint brands! Recently she painted this little end table featuring a few transferred images, and we couldn’t wait to show you how it’s done! Here’s a close-up of the top, with the bee image. Tristan tells us, “This little table made me fearless. It had so […]

Bungalow 47 Featured in Romantic Homes Magazine

Have you received your issue of Romantic Homes magazine yet this month? If so, check out the feature on “The Romantics” on page 60, featuring designers from around the country sharing a bit of their vision of romantic style. We are honored that Engaged Media chose Chantelle and I to be a part of this feature. Here is what it looks like. Engaged Media also publishes Flea Market Decor, Cottages and Bungalows, along with several special interest magazines. I love the American Farmhouse and Modern titles frequently published as well. A few years back, we produced and photographed another amazing Michigan cottage on the west side of the state that was featured earlier last spring in the February/March 2016 issue of Cottages and Bungalows in […]

A Bungalow 47 Style Christmas

At Bungalow 47, our style started out as a mix of Chantelle and I and what we loved. We each had a distinct style, different from each other, but there was always a common ground where we crossed over and loved the same stuff. Of course that always includes vintage! At Christmas time, it’s always fun to see how everyone brings their style to Christmas decor, so we thought we’d share a little peek into ours. Chantelle has a thing for kitschy vintage Santas and decor, including large plastic ones! This little corner shows her Christmas style perfectly. And of course you’ve got to have painted vintage furniture! A view of her pretty dining room, featuring vintage beadboard and salvage. She’s all about the plastic […]

Adorable Gingham Tray Using Bungalow 47™ Furniture Paint

Remember our board we began with last week, when we made our wood chargers? This week, this simple board was made into an adorable gingham tray with the help of Bungalow 47™ Furniture Paint! Here’s how we did it! First, some supply gathering. We’ve got: our cut board, Bungalow 47™ Furniture Paint in two colors (Farmhouse Sink and Nautical Stripe), painter’s tape, measuring tape, pencil, two metal handles (ours are by Martha Stewart at Home Depot), and some paper towels. This project began by base coating the board (both sides) using our bright white (Farmhouse Sink) in our Bungalow 47™ Furniture Paint. We get excited when we are doing projects, as I’m sure you do too, but make sure you allow your paint to dry […]

Little Tin Can Camper – Part 2

There’s something a bit magical about Michigan in the fall. The leaves change, the air gets crisp, and it’s a wonderful time to enjoy the great outdoors! Especially if you have an adorable little tin can camper, like Chantelle. If you’ve been following us for awhile, you may have seen the part one post for the re-do on this little vintage camper. You can check that out here. Can you even handle how cute this is? Wait until you see the inside! The camper is a 1961 vintage fan camper. Here’s a peek of how it looked before it was transformed by Chantelle’s handy husband. Here’s a few ‘during’ shots, and it’s already looking better. Chantelle painted the interior using Junk Gypsy™ Paint and went […]

Bungalow 47 – The Next Chapter

Have you ever felt when reading a book that you can’t put down, that it’s just so exciting that you can’t wait to get to the next chapter? That is exactly how we have felt for the last six months! At Bungalow 47, we’ve had many changes happening and we wanted to share with you the inside scoop, as we have many who have called and inquired, sent emails and messages, just wondering what the deal is! So here goes: Just to wander down memory lane a bit, Bungalow 47 started out as a unique retail store over 5 years ago! Located in the cute downtown of Williamston, Michigan, we offered vintage finds, fabulous gifts, home decor, and painted furniture upcycled with a chalk type […]

Painting Outdoor Furniture

It’s summer and everyone is outdoors having fun. After cleaning up the ‘carnage’ left behind from a winter’s ice storm this spring, I took a look around at the rest of our outdoor decor to see what needed some extra lovin’. I bought this set at auction over the winter. The finish was in rough shape but it was solid, comfy and I picked it up for a song. For color inspiration I did some umbrella shopping and found an adorable red and white stripe one at Target. From there I selected a bright turquoise color to compliment the umbrella. The set came with two benches. I started painting those first. A quick tip for painting benches and chairs is to start with the bench upside down. […]

Introducing SHABBY CHIC® by Rachel Ashwell Chalk and Clay Paint

We are so excited to announce that we will be carrying another licensed brand of paint in the shop. Coming next week will be SHABBY CHIC® by Rachel Ashwell chalk and clay paint! This paint is the same paint formula that we now carry in the Junk Gypsy brand, but with 10 new beautiful SHABBY CHIC® signature colors. The paint is amazing to work with and will be featured in our upcoming paint classes, along with Junk Gypsy™ Paint. As many of you know, we are also the national distributors for both SHABBY CHIC® Paint and Junk Gypsy™ Paint. With amazing and inspiring women behind both licensed brands, we feel so blessed to be able to bring this wonderful paint to market. For 25 years, […]

A Storage Cabinet – The Ultimate Makeover

Last year I shared that we had sold our house and downsized now that all of the kids were gone and married. We purchased a house that was built in 1956 from the original owners and in need of a lot of love. The last 12 months have been spent doing a major renovation, more projects then I was in the mood for, and the continual shift to try to fit all of our stuff efficiently (and stylishly) in the house. The past month I set my sights on finding the perfect storage cabinet for the dining room, which already has a hutch and sideboard that don’t offer much storage, so I needed something to house my milk glass collection. The search was on. As […]

How to Prepare Furniture Before Painting

Prepping furniture pieces before painting them with Chalk and Clay Paints. There are many items that can be painted with chalk type paints. Stained and urethaned pieces, laminated surfaces, ceramic, metal as well as previously painted and waxed pieces. These paints bond well on almost any surface and for the most part, sanding or priming will not be necessary. However, there may be times when taking the time to prep your item properly will give you a better result in the end. And isn’t that what you are looking for, a beautifully hand painted item to proudly display in your home? As we said before, chalk type paints will bond to any surface. However, chalk and clay paints (or any chalk paint or latex for […]

Painting Furniture… or Should I Say Painting Metal?!

Wondering what chalk type paint can be used on? Well… it will adhere wonderfully to most surfaces. Wood, laminate, formica, glass, ceramic and even metal. However, a good thing to keep in mind is, while chalky paints will adhere to most surfaces it will not block oil or grease stains on your pieces so be sure to wash your items well before you begin painting. Painting metal is just as easy as painting wood. These stools were purchased for a kitchen bar area. They’ve seen better days. With a little lovin’ using chalk type paint products they will be looking fabulous in no time. Remember… the first thing to do is give them a scrubbin’. Then go ahead and start painting. This is a […]

Message in a Buffet

Half the fun of my job is in finding the pieces that I paint. Sometimes we come by items easily and other times we really have to dig and hunt for the treasures we bring back to Bungalow 47. This particular buffet was from one of our “digging” excursions. A few weeks ago Jill and I received a call from one of our pickers, who said he was working a house that was full of stuff he thought we would like. The key words there were “full” and “stuff.” We were out the door like a shot! As soon as we arrived, we realized that this was going to take a while and that yes, we were indeed going to get our hands dirty. We […]

Bungalow 47

Welcome! Peeking through the window will only get you a glimpse. Let’s have a look inside, shall we? Walking in the store brings a wonderful blast of color. There are many beautiful, hand-painted pieces waiting for your discovery. Paints and waxes take center stage and are the stars of the furniture makeovers happening here at Bungalow 47! We’re committed to making your gift giving easy this season! Candles, scarves, jewelry, travel pouches, bags and many home decor items awaiting your pick. Needing a little treat for yourself? How about one of our gorgeous leather belts or vintage jewelry? Milk paint? Yea, we’ve got it! Miss Mustard Seed’s milk paint and finishes now available. Plenty of drool worthy finds are here. I can just hear it saying, […]

All Cracked Up

Miss Mustard Seed’s Crackle Medium. What fun! Let’s see what this baby can do… once again I gave this dresser a nice base coat of a pink color that I mixed up using chalk and clay paints. Then I mixed Miss Mustard Seed’s Crackle Medium and applied it to various spots on the dresser and around the mirror frame. I waited until the crackle felt tacky and then brushed on some of Miss Mustard Seed’s Ironstone as a top coat on the dresser. It blended with my custom pink perfectly and when the cracks started showing up – WOW!! It is aged to perfection. Can you see the faint hints of the pink? It looks as if it’s been there for years. I finished this […]

I Need a Makeover

Climbing out of bed in the morning and walking by the mirror can be scary at times. I often think, “man, I need a makeover!” Sometimes we find furniture that is just screaming for a redo. Maybe it knows that if it were to not get one, it would end up unloved and dumped by the side of the road, which frankly, we might still find it. I think I have mentioned before that we are certainly not above trash picking. Actually I have a funny story about that… One day I received a text message from a friend who said, “I’m on ‘X’ Road and just drove by a piece of furniture in someone’s trash that looks like something you would like”. Conveniently, that was very close to where […]