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Rain on a Tin Roof

DIY and Home Decor Blog. Fly Your Freak Flag.

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The Stories

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Local Depot Tour

Taking it Home: Local Depot

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Caftans and Cocktails

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  1. Jordan Boone says

    August 28, 2014 at 3:48 pm

    I just love and adore your website. Your whole entire house is my inspiration for my growing family. It’s hard to tame a man that loves hunting and fishing and bringing him to a level where we can’t have snake skin and deer heads hanging in every spot of our home. The DIY work you have done is definitely a must read for all. Great job and your stories make me laugh. I look forward to your updates!

    I don’t have a website, it’s my brain for now! LOL!!

    XO
    Another Southern Gal- Jordan in Texas

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      August 28, 2014 at 5:22 pm

      Jordan, you have no idea how much I LIVE for comments like this!! Thank you!! You totally just gave me an ego boost – haha! Maybe you could morph that snake skin into some upholstery for an ottoman?? haha! He may like that – he may feel pretty manly resting his feet on an ottoman covered in snakeskin of a snake he killed. haha!

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  2. Paula says

    October 15, 2014 at 4:28 pm

    Jenna, what a great idea to turn the chest into a beautiful cabinet! You are soooo talented. Thank you for sharing.

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      October 15, 2014 at 5:04 pm

      Thanks, Paula! I wasn’t sure if I could pull it off, but I’m so glad it worked out!

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  3. Edi Shrum says

    November 6, 2014 at 12:18 pm

    I recently saw your kitchen makeover in Better Homes and Garden and love it. It is exactly what I have been wanting to do to my kitchen. I have never done painted any furniture or cabinets before aside from a silver metal table I spray painted bronze. Can you please give me detailed info on how to turn my ugly brown cabinets into beautiful white ones like yours?

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      November 6, 2014 at 4:21 pm

      Hi Edi! Thanks so much for stopping by after seeing my kitchen in Better Homes and Gardens. I painted the cabinets before I started the blog, so I don’t have a great tutorial to point you to, but I can tell you what I did. When I painted them, it was before I knew a lot about painting furniture or pieces like the cabinets, so I used Rust-Oleums Cabinet Transformations kit. Everything I needed was in the box – a deglosser so you didn’t have to sand or prime, the paint, and the top coat. The directions walk you through it step by step. I did run out of paint and had to buy a second kit. Now, if I had it to do over again today, I would pull them off, use a liquid sander / deglosser on them (you can find that at a home improvement store) and then use my Finish Max Pro paint sprayer to paint them. It would have given a better finish than what I have now. You can’t tell in photos, but you can see brush strokes on the cabinets up close from painting them. I would have just used a good quality paint in a semi-gloss that would hold up well to being scrubbed down. I would have also used a polycrylic top coat for extra protection. I hope that helps!

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  4. Jayne Sergent says

    October 20, 2017 at 12:21 pm

    OMG, I had to hide Bubblegum flavored amoxicillin from my son when he was little to keep him from drinking the whole bottle. He LOVED that stuff. I swear I think he fibbed about an earache a few times just to get some. He’s 37 and when he was a child, doctors actually called in prescriptions and insurance companies actually paid for them. Those were the days!

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    • Jenna says

      October 26, 2017 at 11:47 am

      I would still turn up a bottle of it if they’d let me!!

      Reply

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