Adding an Efex™ to Your Custom Trumeau Mirror

This mantel from Sarah Richardson is so classic. By mixing some rosettes and legs you can get the same look with Efex.

Over to My French Country Home to look at this stunning antique armoire.

When file cabinets come to mind you often think boring, boring, boring. They’re that awful, muted, beige that goes with nothing. Enter Efex to take your style up a notch…

Our first inspiration comes from Pinterest, and shows how you can just add bows to the file cabinets to instantly add style. This set from Bella Decor retails for $1,095. To get this look just add our bows, paint white, and wow!

We recommend B 1, B 7, or B 21. Use four of one style and you have instant shabby chic file cabinets. If you have room you can also add your favorite swag to the top and bottom.

Luxe for Less, plain and simple.

Imagine a glass top over these two and you have a fun desk. If you started with file cabinets that were in good shape, like these from Pottery Barn’s Bedford Collection (which sell for $400 each), you could gild the bows and skip the painting step.

Should we try this in our office? It has an old Pottery Barn desk in need of style!

Another great idea this one from Home Talk, and shows a file cabinet going glam with gold paint.

But hey, you can get this look with 3 frames, F 19.

Just apply and paint gold, or use gilding wax. Bingo! You have instant file storage glam.

This sample board shows what these frames would look like on a dresser. Why not try navy blue if gold isn’t your style?

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Dream On.

Lydia and The Efex Team

Today we’re introducing our second video in our series “How to Apply Appliques”.  The object of our furniture love today is a Mora clock. Sadly not an antique, but a great reproduction. This video will show you how to use one simple Efex, an F28 frame, to style your clock for an elegant Swedish Look.

3 Ways To Add Patina to Efex

Reinventing old furniture is often all about the patina.

Over the last year we have found many ways to add elegant old world charm to pieces dressed-up with Efex.

The obvious one is using gilding wax/foil/leaf to add glitz, but…thats not the only way.

Dark wax over paint was used on this Christmas ornament. Yes, that time of year is coming up!

You can add crud (sawdust by another name) and then layers of paint.

or make them marble for a sophisticated twist.

How you finish your Efex pieces often dictates their style. Even the most elegant and ornate embellishments will look rustic when painted or stained with country colors.

So go on, experiment with different colors and finishes!

A Glamorous Barn Door

Rustic barn style is all glamed up and wow, it is a great combination.

I found this picture on Tumblr, and just fell in love love love. The sliding door and barn style hardware give it a great country vibe. The addition of the wood carvings takes it to a whole new level.

This would be easy to do with some of our Efex.

I am thinking a frame and some scrolls would give you a very similar look.

Remember, you don’t have to paint your Efex. You could just as easily stain them for a wood look.