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The Power of Paint: How One Project Helped Me Reclaim My Creativity

The Power of Paint: How One Project Helped Me Reclaim My Creativity

Nov 15, 2025

✦ The Church Sale Find

This wasn’t supposed to be the piece.

I scored it at a church sale — painted, a little sad, definitely neglected — but something about it whispered, “You still got it.” She had the kind of gorgeous, curvy legs you just can’t fake, the kind that make you forgive a few bad paint jobs.

So I brought her home.

And like a true creative in a slump, I let her sit. For months. Maybe a year? Don’t ask.

The vision was there. The motivation? Not so much.


Before: questionable paint choices, but those legs were worth saving

✦ The Turning Point

I didn’t have a plan. I had a brush, a gut feeling, and Stevie Nicks in my ears.

But one day, after staring at that table for the 437th time, I marched myself into Lowe’s, grabbed a bunch of paint colors that made my inner artist do a little twirl, and got to work.

No mood board. No plan. Just pure gut instinct and a playlist loud enough to drown out my inner perfectionist.

And y’all — I painted the damn thing, mixing my colors with the BB Frösch Paint Transformer so I could get that smooth, chalky finish I love.


Sometimes you have to strip away a few questionable layers before you get to the good stuff

✦ A Folk Art Detour

Somewhere in the middle of layering on color (with my favorite BB Frösch Premium Brush in hand), I started adding little bursts of folk art — swirls and tiny florals that felt like they belonged there all along.

It wasn’t planned, but it brought the table to life in a way a solid coat of paint never could.


Folk art magic: proof that the best ideas often happen in the moment

✦ Creating Loudly and Messily

I didn’t overthink it. I didn’t ask for opinions. I didn’t even care if it turned out cute (spoiler: it did).

I just… created. Loudly. Messily. Freely.

And somewhere between layer one and humming along to Stevie Nicks like she was coaching me through a breakup, I realized something:

It wasn’t just the project coming back to life — it was me.


Layer by layer, the table — and my creativity — started coming back

✦ The After

Bold. Funky. Folk art in full goblin-mode success — and sealed up with BB Frösch Premium Wax so she’ll keep looking this good for years. Those legs? Still stealing the show — now even more so with their new colors.

And she looks damn good with my records.

This wasn’t about a makeover. It was about momentum. Finishing one thing reminded me I can finish. That I am creative.

That my spark isn’t gone — it was just under a pile of “I’ll get to it later.”

Starter Kit

From church sale cast-off to record-corner showpiece

✦ Your Permission Slip

Paint the thing. Finish the project.

Let it be imperfect, loud, weird, beautiful — whatever it needs to be.

And when you're done?
Stand back. Take a beat.
Then go find something else to make magic with.

Because your creativity isn’t gone, babe.
She’s just been waiting for the brush… and maybe a few swirls of folk art.

✦ Want to Try It Yourself?

Whether you’re diving into your first furniture flip or your fiftieth, the right tools make all the difference.

Katherine Hitter