BusyBee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself

In Episode #29 of BusyBee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I walk you through 5 ways to make offering custom furniture refinishing services easier in your furniture flipping business! These tools and approaches to custom furniture makeover projects will save you time and effort and keep you organized in your business so you can spend more time doing what you love- upcycling furniture! Links menti...

In Episode #28 of BusyBee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I dive into part 2 of my approach to goal setting– in your personal life, business, or wherever else you want to set some intentions and see some improvement for 2023. I don’t necessarily set “new year’s resolutions”, rather I intentionally set goals and plan for the new year in order to break habits that are no longer serving me, maintai...

In Episode #27 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I dive into my approach to setting goals for the new year that I have followed for the last 7 years. This approach helped me make more intentional, holistic goals for myself and next week’s part 2 episode will be all about how we will ensure we achieve those results without holding ourselves back from success. If you are looking for a way...

In Episode #26 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I am laying out the best holiday gift guide for the furniture painter and refinisher in your life– and if that refinisher is you, then get ready to stock up your Holiday Wishlist! If you have ever wondered what are good gifts to give someone who does furniture refurbishing, furniture makeovers, furniture flipping and furniture painting, y...

In Episode #25 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I outline some of the many ways you can add a fun pop of creativity to your furniture makeovers by giving some lovin’ to the drawers of your furniture flips. This is a large part of the real estate of your refinished furniture and it often goes under-addressed or forgotten altogether, so this episode reviews some of your options: adding f...

In Episode #24 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I’m bringing you 5 tips for how to stage your furniture makeovers to make them shine! If you have ever wondered how you can stage your painted and refinished furniture well or ever have a hard time figuring out the proper composition to take the best photos of your furniture flips, you’re in the right place. Links mentioned & that may...

In Episode #23 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I give you my best mindset tips, tricks and strategies for keeping up with content creation in your furniture painting and refinishing business (although these tips are transferable to other sectors as well!). With this toolkit of strategies, you’ll be able to work smarter without having to work harder. Links mentioned & that you migh...

In Episode #22 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I’m giving you my best tips and tricks for finding furniture to makeover at the thrift store, and things you should look out for while doing so. Getting furniture to refinish at thrift stores can definitely be hit and miss, but with today’s episode you will be better equipped to find quality pieces for an affordable price that will make f...

In Episode #21 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, for the first time on the podcast, I dive into the world of social media and discuss content creation and showing up on social media. It’s not easy, I know! But I hope with these approaches and ways of reframing your thinking, you’ll feel more comfortable to show up for you and your furniture painting and furniture refinishing business or...

In Episode #20 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I outline 6 products that will make your furniture makeovers so much easier! Save the time, effort, workout, and money by adding these items to your toolkit to make the most out of your furniture flips. If you have ever wondered: How do I get a crisp line in a geometric design on a furniture piece? How do I make paint stripper work better...

In Episode #19 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I’m walking you through my tested, effective ways to streamline your administrative work in your furniture upcycling business so that you can spend your time and energy on what you love most: working on your beautiful pieces! Approaches include: setting up simple centralized systems, timeblocking chunks of time to do all admin-related tas...

In Episode #18 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I’m taking you into a deep dive of paint brushes for furniture painting and refinishing. It’s hard to know what paint brushes work best for furniture makeovers, what types to choose for what use, and how many you really need. I’ll discuss the difference between natural bristle paint brushes and synthetic bristle paint brushes, and what us...

In Episode #17 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I explore the age old question when selling painted and refinished furniture pieces: to pricedrop or not to pricedrop. It can be difficult to know if lowering the price on your furniture you have listed is the right thing to do, or if the price is the thing holding people back from making the purchase in the first place. In today’s episod...

In Episode #16 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I take a deeper dive into offering custom work as a part of your furniture painting and refinishing. I give you the checklist for what to bring with you and how to prep for an in-home consultation with a client, and how to make sure you get all the details you need. I also discuss my recommendations for the custom work process and how you...

In Episode #15 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I’m giving you my best tips and tricks for staying motivated in business and just in life in general. In order to be effective and accomplish things in my furniture painting and refinishing business, there are approaches that I use to keep me on track and feeling energized and inspired to work on my pieces, and I’m sharing them today! Lin...

In Episode #14 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I’m sharing all of my tips and strategies for keeping the cost of supplies down in my furniture painting and refinishing business. Some are quick wins and others are longer-term solutions that will keep the money coming in to your business where it belongs.. In your pocket! There’s also an exciting announcement about a new freebie you got...

In Episode #13 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I discuss some of my recommendations, lessons learned and personal opinion on best practices for when buying painted and refinished furniture pieces online on platforms like Facebook Marketplace. Links mentioned in this episode: #9: Tips for Selling Furniture Online #12: Pricing Your Painted and Refinished Furniture Are you loving the Bus...

In Episode #12 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I discuss the thing people love to avoid: talking money. Specifically, we discuss how to figure out what to charge for your refinished and painted furniture pieces and how to price your furniture makeovers. There’s a lot of factors to take into account, and I hope this will help you to figure out if you’re meeting the mark, or encourage y...

In Episode #11 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I’m answering the question I get asked most often about how to do furniture makeovers: how to get a great flawless (ish) finish when hand painting as you upcycle furniture. Links mentioned in this episode: Reel - My Favourite Paint Brushes Coal Black - Fusion Mineral Paint Are you loving the Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself podcas...

In Episode #10 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I discuss (with the help of a few friends!) the importance of community over competition - in the furniture refinishing space and beyond. The difference between a negative mindset of scarcity, comparison and jealousy and inspiration, motivation and positivity lies in the people you surround yourself with and the way you look at them. Alwa...

In Episode #9 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, we are deep diving into the world of selling your refinished and painted furniture pieces online (mainly focusing on listing on Facebook Marketplace), and how to market them and yourself well so you get a quick sale for the amount of money you were hoping for, and hopefully gaining an ongoing client out of it, too! I also give you some of...

In Episode #8 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I wanted to dive in to discussing custom work in furniture painting and refinishing. If you haven’t considered offering these services before, we will be discussing the Pros and Cons of offering this to help you make an informed decision. Stay tuned for upcoming episodes where I’ll be sharing some things I have implemented in the custom wo...

In Episode #7 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I get into the details of why spending the time to properly prep your furniture before refinishing or painting it is so important, and walk through the steps of how to do it effectively. Links mentioned in this episode: TSP Cleaner Elmer’s wood filler Elmer’s ProBond Max wood filler Quikwood Bondo Tack cloth Are you loving the Busybee Refi...

In Episode #6 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, I announce something pretty huge in my world… I quit my 9-5 job to pursue my passion, my furniture refinishing business, FULL-TIME! It feels pretty surreal to know that as of this episode going live, I will be working my second last day at my safe, stable government job and soon will be a self-employed entrepreneur. But guys, I am SO excit...

In Episode #5 of Busybee Refinishing with MelDidItHerself, we will be discussing six (okay maybe seven) places you can source furniture to refinish: curbside finds, pieces from online marketplaces, furniture from your three F’s, from thrift stores/secondhand shops, from Buy Nothing groups on Facebook, and from estate sales and garage sales. We’ll talk about the things you need to keep an eye out f...