A few years back, we were feeling the pumpkin love and made cement pumpkins in the fall. This year, we decided to go from plastic to fantastic! Just doing our part to making plastic pumpkins great again! We picked up a couple of dollar store pumpkins (one black and one orange) then got to work. The inspiration for painting them came from the old vintage paper mâché pumpkins from Halloween’s past (those things are scary lookin’). First, we cut the face out of the plastic pumpkin. We bought a black pumpkin thinking we could cut the face out so we could put a battery operated candle inside and thought the black background would be nice for that. Cutting the thin plastic wasn’t as easy as we’d hoped but […]
Color of the Week – Tarnished Silver
Welcome to Bungalow 47 Color of the Week! This week we are featuring the color Tarnished Silver in the Bungalow 47 Furniture Paint line, which is an American-made chalk and clay paint. Named after that perfect shade of gray found on many a tarnished piece of silver, it will look equally as good painted on your favorite piece of furniture. Tarnished Silver is the perfect shade of charcoal gray that has the best undertones when distressed. It is perfect for many styles whether it be clean and modern, earthy and rustic, or chic and Frenchy. Of course, it is the perfect choice for the ever popular Farmhouse look. It looks great when left solid and clean, or heavily aged with sandpaper, bringing out the many […]
Color Recipe of the Week – Olive Jar
This week our ‘Color of the Week’ is a color we mixed from three colors in the line. Incase you didn’t know, our brand colors are named after items found within a home or things that make up a home. Bungalow is a synonym for home, and our brand was built on the notion of creating beautiful things for your home. We are calling this recipe color Olive Jar, as it is that beautiful green seen on Spanish and Italian olive jar pottery. To make the color Olive Jar simply mix: 1 part Iron Gate 1 part Front Lawn 1/2 part Picnic Basket With this recipe, you can make as much as you need with the “part” measurements. So if your “part” was a 1/2 […]
Color of the Week – Tin Can Camper
Welcome to Bungalow 47 Color of the Week! This week we are featuring the color Tin Can Camper in the Bungalow 47 Furniture Paint line, which is an American-made chalk and clay paint. Tin Can Camper is a soft pale gray color. It is perfect for the French or Shabby Chic type styles, as it has a slight femininity to it. It looks great when lightly distressed to reveal a bit of a time worn look or heavily distressed so you can really see the wood tones underneath. Here are a few pictures of furniture our retailers have painted using Tin Can Camper. In one picture it is paired with Nautical Stripe, and the other shows it bold and fun paired with Funky Fringe. Have […]
Color of the Week – Farmhouse Sink
Welcome to Bungalow 47 Color of the Week! This week we are featuring the color Farmhouse Sink in the Bungalow 47 Furniture Paint, which is an American-made chalk and clay paint. Farmhouse Sink is a bright white color. It is perfect for the Farmhouse or Shabby Chic type styles, as it has no yellow or gray undertone to it. It is a great color to use as a base when color mixing lighter shades of colors, as it is a true white. It looks great whether it is distressed or left clean and pristine for a more modern feel. Have you tried Farmhouse Sink yet?
How to Hand Paint a Gingham Design
Everybody loves gingham, whether it be large or small. There’s just something so classic and fresh about those little shaded checks. I was feeling like a needed to add some pizazz to my laundry area, and decided that a little gingham project was just what I needed. We had made this cute and simple gingham tray a few seasons back by using a stencil brush and dry brush technique, but I was looking for something a little bolder. Check out that project here. There was just a small space above my laundry area, but if you look down the hall after entering my house, you can see it. So leaving it plain and boring wasn’t an option. After completing my hand painted gingham wall, […]
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, let’s gather our supplies: 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) paper towels This project began by base-coating both sides of the board with our bright white, Bungalow 47™ Furniture Paint’s Farmhouse Sink. We get excited when we are doing projects (as I’m sure you do, too), but make sure you allow your paint to dry thoroughly before this next step […]
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 […]
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