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.

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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.

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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 for great furniture flips.

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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 brand.

If you have ever thought:

Then this episode is definitely for you!

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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:

Then you have found the right episode!

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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 tasks, and getting your inbox under control.

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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 uses you would have for each in the context of doing a furniture flip. I’ll also walk you through my personal favourites within each category that I think you need to have in your supplies kit to tackle any furniture makeover that comes your way!

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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 episode, we’ll explore some different options for you to do some troubleshooting and research into things that may or may not be working in your ad, and different ways to address it - whether that means lowering the price or not!

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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 can streamline your systems to save you time and energy!

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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!

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