Today is Part 1 of my “5 Steps to Restoring Thrift Store Items” series. This is a five part video series to share tips for restoring thrift store items at home.  I will also be sharing all about A Maker’s Studio products.  

Restoring thrift store items can be so rewarding.

As you know, I am a Maker Boss for A Maker’s Studio and carry all of their products on my website. You can visit my shop to see more of their products.  Last month was the Launch of a Maker’s Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, which you can all about here.

Thrift store shopping can be fun.

I  was driving into my exercise class to meet my bestie Annie and after class decided to run over to Saver’s, the Thrift Store in my town.  Annie and I work out each week and HeartCore is our favorite place to exercise.  HeartCore Studio is a women owned business and teaches the LaGree method.  On my drive into town on this particular day, I had the idea of the blog post. “Restoring Thrift Store Items in Five Steps.”

The cost at Saver’s was about $33 and for the amount of things I got, a pretty good deal.

If you’ve been following along and would like to use some of the A Maker’s Studio products used here, you can visit click here to find them.

In Part 1 of the Restoring Thrift Store Items series today, I will be preparing my items to be redecorated.

Let’s get started…

To start, I like to use A Maker’s Studio Furniture Cleaner and a lint free rag to clean my pieces.  

This cleaner helps to remove any extra dirt or wax that may be on your thrift pieces.  Use a lint free cloth and a generous amount of cleaner.  Wipe all of the parts and crevices until clean.  Let sit for a couple minutes to dry.  Now you are ready to paint.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of my “5 Steps to Restoring Thrift Store Items.”

Watch the video tutorial

If you’d like to watch my video, you can visit my YouTube channel; Cynthia Nessel – Create with Cynthia.  Click here to watch this video on YouTube.

Thanks for following along!  I look forward to seeing what projects you’re working on.  If you have a project to share, you can post it on Instagram or Facebook and use the hashtag #CreatewithCynthia to share them with me.