Repurposed hope chest ideas

Beautiful painted cedar chest ideas for vintage, antique, Lane, and wooden chests. Be inspired with photos and tutorials to update your cedar chest!

I absolutely loved how this monogramed blue cedar chest makeover turned out! This wasn’t just any old chest makeover, it was a family heirloom that had been passed down from generations. What I love about this tutorial is even though I’m sharing a chest makeover, you can use these same steps to makeover a dresser,...Read More »

Furniture| Vintage hope chest with waterfall top gets white wash update and two-toned look using Annie Sloan paint and General Finishes Antique Walnut Gel Stain.

Ideas for painting vintage cedar chests and recovering cedar chests with fabric seats. Just about everyone has a vintage cedar chest in their home

Cedar chest makeover; no sanding involved! Used Zinsser Cover Stain Primer (latex-based), covered with a latex-based paint

Here's everything you need to know about painting furniture with enamel paint with this cedar chest makeover.

Dixie Belle Antebellum Blue

Here's a guide on adding legs to a cedar chest and giving your furniture a new and updated look with new legs.

My 80's cedar chest came out to the foyer for two reasons; a place to sit for taking boots off, and... The other, well, I can't part with it. It's filled with thirty years of my children's mementos and all that cedar fragrance. Placing it in the only totally wood trimmed out area is just too... well, kind of "dead wood". A make over was definitely in order. A bench seat is what it will be. It's a lot of wood and I am not painting red cedar. I used a left over memory foam mattress topper that…