| Creating a great design for your home need not | | | | like three-generation heirlooms. Whether that's cherry |
| bleed your bank account dry. As long as you know | | | | wood bedroom furniture or some of those |
| how to innovate, you'll have a fantastic interior from | | | | softwoods such as pine or cedar, you will have a |
| every angle of your living room right down to your | | | | way of making them look as though they were such |
| master's bedroom. You won't believe what you can | | | | precious ancestral memoirs. A good sanding and |
| pull together out of those less explored furniture | | | | refinishing will seal the fate of these mysterious |
| pieces which you could very well take advantage of | | | | looking woods, whether you've once stashed them |
| as you add life to your home without killing the rest | | | | away in the attic or had them as hand-me-downs |
| of your budget. Yes, it's possible to have | | | | from an elder brother. |
| designer-looking furniture even if they're nowhere | | | | Incorporating antiques into any home design always |
| near that. | | | | works like magic while adding that classic, elegant |
| If you still have those old furniture grandma always | | | | touch. But it doesn't mean they always have to be |
| wanted you to keep, she surely didn't mean keep | | | | real antiques. You can buy jars, lamps and other |
| them in the basement. Get them out and spruce | | | | accessories from one of those flea markets and |
| them up while playing on their outdatedness by | | | | countrify them with the right varnish techniques and |
| turning them into a funky retro number! Or if you | | | | some random sanding until they look rustic enough. |
| want to take a subtler and safer direction, have | | | | Except for a guest whom you could hardly fool, you |
| them repainted with the same tone so they end up | | | | can have the rest of the world believing you've |
| looking like a whole new set. Whatever comes out of | | | | actually been to Jamaica or Brazil hunting for those |
| these reinventions, you'll surely come up with | | | | magnificent pieces. |
| something original which you can always be proud of. | | | | These days, technology has brought us to places we |
| When it comes to your wood furniture, old or new, | | | | could only dream of before. If we've come this far |
| they will always carry a character of strength | | | | with things as complicated as cloning and the space |
| whichever part of your home they end up in. Any | | | | shuttles, decorating our homes with an innocent dose |
| wood that has its grains intact will make great pieces | | | | of deception should be a breeze. |
| of furniture which you can recreate and have looking | | | | |