Jami Ray Vintage Blog

Welcome to the Jami Ray Vintage Blog, where you'll find DIY furniture painting tutorials, thrift flips, vintage home decor ideas, and creative projects to inspire your next makeover. Learn how to transform thrifted furniture and home decor using DIY Paint, Cottage Color Paint, Iron Orchid Designs, JRV Stencils, decoupage paper, and more. Follow along for painting techniques, furniture makeovers, thrifting inspiration, and vintage inspired decorating ideas.

I Turned Goodwill Finds into Pinterest Worthy Home Decor

I Turned Goodwill Finds into Pinterest Worthy Home Decor Have you ever walked through Goodwill and wondered if those overlooked treasures could become beautiful home décor? In our latest thrift... Read more...

French Country Dreams: Styling with the 2026 Summer Release from Iron Orchid Designs

French Country Dreams: Styling with the 2026 Summer Release from Iron Orchid Designs There’s something undeniably romantic about French country design—the soft patina, the layered textures, the sense that every... Read more...

3 Stools painted in Milk Paint displayed in front of fireplace

DIY Chippy Salvage Wood Stools - Red, White & Blue Patriotic 4th of July

Learn To Make A Chippy Finish Fourth of July is just around the corner! With the weather heating up we decided to make a set of chippy red, white and... Read more...

How To Make Furniture Look Really Old

Chippy Paint, looks original, but the white was added by me. Thank you Milk Paint for doing what you do. I’m totally obsessed with my new bathroom cabinet! We... Read more...

Trash To Treasure Paint Blending Antique Doors

So you might be surprised, but this week I did some paint blending with bright bold colors. I am sick of winter, and I needed some flowers in my life.... Read more...

Easy Anthropologie Tapestry Hack

Did you watch this week's Waste Not Wednesday live? Zeb and I went rogue to create this Anthropologie inspired tapestry. I had an idea in my head, but I really... Read more...

DIY Trash To Treasure Tote From Scraps

Who loves totes with layered chippy paint? 🙋‍♀️❤️. Zeb and I created this tote using salvaged left over plywood from the farmhouse and layered DIY paint. To watch the full DIY... Read more...

Stenciling Farmhouse Signs | New JRV Stencils

Zeb and I love creating fun signs, bringing old salvage items back to life, and giving them new purpose! We’re so excited about the new JRV Stencil Trio Pack of... Read more...

Christmas Tree Holiday Sign | JRV Stencils

Zeb made a cutout of a Christmas Tree for the class that will happen the Monday after the Grand Opening. The class will be make and take a wooden Christmas... Read more...

100 Year Old Farmhouse Demo Episode 4 | Chimney Removal

I have been away at girls camp all week working with the best young women ever. And now I am home again. Zeb has been holding down the fort and... Read more...

100 Year Old Farmhouse Demo Episode 3 | Bathroom Demo

I’m sweaty, covered in dirt and so glad tomorrow is Sunday! But we made so much progress today. The ceiling is all the way down, and we spent most of... Read more...

100 Year Old Farmhouse Demo Episode 2 | Kitchen Demo

This is what 100 years of kitchen looks like. So many designs, paint jobs and wallpaper. We still need to peel back the floor and open up the wall to... Read more...

Backyard Makeover

Our backyard makeover started with needing an outdoor space for the kids to play in. Now we have that plus a great outdoor space to relax and enjoy. We had... Read more...

Vintage Store | Shop Makeover 2019

See how we refresh our shop at Molly's Forget Me Not in Lehi, Utah. In this video I will teach you how to create a vignette. Making a vignette means... Read more...

IKEA Home Decor Haul | Spring 2019

Spring is on its way, so we started decorating with our IKEA haul. In this 5 minute video we show you all of the awesome finds that we got at... Read more...

Custom Door Mat | Christmas Stencil

Yesterday, we attempted salt dough ornaments. They were an epic fail. Today, we are trying another method. So instead our YouTube video yesterday was a quick DIY with an Essential... Read more...

DIY Christmas Ornaments | Live Demo

Saturday, Zeb and I scored a huge bag of wood pieces for $4 at the thrift store. About three times as many as are pictured here. Today on our YouTube... Read more...

Dollar Tree Christmas DIY | Stamping Glitter

This is our Dollar Store Hack for Christmas. Rose Toile glittered barn wood; That’s a thing right?? This YouTube video we show you how to jazz up some dollar store... Read more...

Hand Made Christmas Decor

All of our Christmas Decor is going to be made by hand this year so we're starting early! This is our first project that we did. We did it during... Read more...

Fall Craft Ideas | YouTube Video

We use the new Fall and Halloween stencils from Essential Stencil to make signs for hosting a craft night! Watch the YouTube video here Full SIGN DIY: https://youtu.be/gACcn26P-O0 Use Code... Read more...

Beddy’s Blog & Video Review

We collaborated with Beddy’s for our son’s teen bedroom makeover and he actually makes his bed! This bedding fits on the mattress just like a fitted sheet. The sides are... Read more...

Blended Furniture Finish | YouTube Video

We finish the dresser Jami Milk Painted Live on our last video. Live Video Finishing Video Lantern: https://jamirayvintage.com/products/l... Flour Sack: https://jamirayvintage.com/products/f... Brushes: https://jamirayvintage.com/search?typ... How To Get Chippy Two-Toned Paint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRALx...... Read more...

How To Paint Pour With Milk Paint | YouTube Video

I am loving the paint pour technique. In this video I use four different paint colors to create a serene, ocean like dresser. You can watch the video here. Top... Read more...

How To Milk Paint A Buffet Table | YouTube Video

We flip this old buffet table using milk paint by Sweet Pickins Milk Paint. Zeb teaches some of his tips and tricks for repairing furniture. You can watch the whole... Read more...

Teen Bedroom Makeover | YouTube Video | Part 2

It’s all about the details. Odelia’s room isn’t huge so lots of the decor had to be custom made. We also had to make Star Wars fit in to this... Read more...

Teen Bedroom Makeover | YouTube Video | Part 1

We did a complete renovation on our soon to be teenage daughter’s bedroom. For her room makeover he have six videos that show different things we did to vamp... Read more...

20K YouTube Subscribers Giveaway | Official Rules

Jami Ray Vintage 20K Subscriber Thank You Giveaway Official Rules This giveaway is free to enter! Commenting on the video is all you need to do to enter. ... Read more...

How to Build a Farmhouse Coffee Table

We do one of our favorite things! We take new wood and make it look old! Zeb built this coffee table from the ground up including the legs. If you... Read more...