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Update your decor with stain and finishing oil! Make it your own. Change it, love it! So easy to use!

Hello sweet friends!! I just finished a little makeover and thought I’d snap photos and share with you all. Sometimes it’s the little things that make a difference! And this is just one of those things that sometimes you don’t even think about doing. You just “live with it”. Meaning, maybe you don’t love something you have, a piece of decor, etc., but you like it well enough. Or you pass something up at the store because it’s not quite right.

Well, that’s what I did. I didn’t pass it up though! I bought them, knowing I could do something with them.

Stain and Finishing Oil to the rescue!

These are the framed art prints I found at Home Goods some time back.

I loved them but didn’t love the color of the wood frame. However, I knew I could change it up.
Paint or stain would do the trick.

I did consider painting them white, but thought, no, I have enough white everything, and I love the wood trim, just not the tone.

And I should mention that I also didn’t love how they looked adjacent to our new wood-stained front door. (which was darker and not orange-y like the frames)

So, I pulled out my Cappuccino Stain and Finishing Oil and got to it!

Stain and Finishing Oil in Cappuccino

You can find the Cappuccino Stain and Finishing Oil here.

You can see above where I’ve applied it and where I haven’t. (and yes, I did it with them hanging which actually made it pretty easy to do!)

See the difference already?

I used a small paintbrush, which worked well.

I originally thought I’d lay it on and not wipe away the excess to create a darker finish.

However, I didn’t like it that dark, I didn’t really need it that dark either. I’m simply removing the “orange-y” tone and only darkening a little.

After the stain had sat for about 15 minutes or so, I grabbed a paper towel and removed the excess.

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Much better! Not too dark and such a prettier color.

There were 3 sections to this frame: the inner section, the front section, and the side sections.

Which you can guess means that I got some of the stain on the glass and gold areas.

For the glass, I used these finger nail cotton swabs that are very pointy to wipe away from the glass.

And as I wiped away the excess from the wood, any stain that got on the gold areas wiped right away too. Yay!

I applied the stain to the second frame and let it sit for 15 minutes before wiping it away as well.

I was very careful not to get it on the wall. I only touched in one spot, and it wiped right away with some rubbing alcohol.

And done!! Super simple!

Now with a look that I enjoy much, much more.

I’m so happy with my pretty artwork!

Well, it’s been hanging on the wall for months, but now they are exactly how I wanted them to look when I found them.

By the way, we still love our >> painted ceiling in the foyer. I am thinking about doing it in another room downstairs, too.

A much better fit in our decor than the orange-y toned frames were.

You can find the rug runner (and larger ones) here.

Do you do stuff like this too?? I’m always messing with something! ha!!
Nothing ever stays how it comes, not in this house! lol

But really, I say, make it your own, right?

Have a blessed week, friends!

xoxo