Over the past years, more and more tasteless DIY’ers have been ruining perfectly fine coffee tables, dressers, and other pieces with lousy paint jobs.
However, there’s now a counter-movement, dedicated to fighting their crimes. And many of them can be seen on the subreddit ‘Reverse Pinterest.’
According to its ‘About’ page, this online community is dedicated to “showcasing handcrafted wood pieces that have been rescued from Pinterest-paint hell and restored to their original glory.”
Maybe it’s not the biggest subreddit, but its 24K members provide a steady stream of content (much of which is produced by their own effort), so continue scrolling and check out their most popular posts.
#1 Restored This Beauty To Original Glory. $20 Goodwill Cedar Chest Returned From Crackled Paint Torture
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#2 I Don’t Know If I Can Top This One! Fully Restored Brasilia II Petite Buffet
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#3 Behold, The Most Satisfying Reverse Pinterest Of 2021
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#4 Painted Antique Mantle Restoration Transformation
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#5 Something I Did A Few Weeks Ago. :)
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#6 Heard You Guys Like A Good Before And After
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#7 Lane Acclaim Side Table Hidden Under Pea Green Paint!
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#8 Thinking My Recent Rehab Of This Pre-Pinterest Paint Job Would Be Enjoyed Here
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#9 Thought Y’all Might Appreciate My Efforts
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#10 Vintage Console I Stripped A While Ago
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#11 The Abuse Is Finally Over
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#12 I Put Two Months Of My Time On Weekends And After Work To Remove The Awful Paint From This Gorgeous Danish Teak Desk With Floating Legs!
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#13 Was Told To Post Here. Before And After De-Pinteresting
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#14 A Ridiculous Amount Of Love, Patience, And Skill Went Into Reversing These Mid-Century Modern Pieces! I Restore For A Living, And Although I Really Hate Dealing With Painted Stuff, It Makes Me That Much Prouder Of My Craft
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#15 Under 3 Coats Of White Paint And 1 Coat Of Green, Was This Beautiful Rimu Timber
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#16 Before And After
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#17 Restauration Process, Finished!
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#18 Thonet Dining Chairs, Redeemed
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#19 Stripping Paint Is The Absolute Worst. Three Weeks After Staring I’ve Finally Made It, Boys. Just Picked Up Another Similar Dresser Painted Brown. Why Do I Do This To Myself
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#20 Before And After
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#21 American Of Martinsville Dresser That I Tried My Best To Restore
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#22 My First Furniture Unflip
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#23 I Saw This Desk On Cl For $50 And Drove From San Antonio To College Station To Pick It Up. Restored It In American Oak And Black Lacquer
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#24 60s/70s Wine Bar Restoration
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#25 The ‘Distressed’ Console That Caused Me Such Distress
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#26 I Bought This Coffee Table In 2018 For $15 At A Flea Market Because It Was Cheap And I Needed Something For My Living Room. Finally Got Around To Stripping It This Weekend
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#27 Pair Of Lane Acclaim Round Tables
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#28 Facebook Marketplace Makeover
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#29 Final Update On My Mcm Nightstands! Before, Fully Stripped, And After! They Are My Pride And Joy
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#30 Johnson Carper Ronda Saved From Teal Spray Paint
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#31 Forgot To Take A Pic Of The Finished Product Without Stuff On It But! My First Reverse Pintrest On This $10 Genuine Mahogany Dresser That Had Been Spray Painted
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#32 Reverse Pinterest That A Friend Did
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#33 Beautiful Restoration Job
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#34 It Had To Be Done. I Hope You’ll Enjoy The Result
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#35 Reversed This $10 Fb Marketplace Kroehler Side Table
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#36 Stripped And Sanded This Mission Oak Coffee Table. Happy To See The Tiger Oak Back Out In The Open
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#37 Restored This Johnson Carper Fashion Trend Desk. This Paint Did Not Want To Come Off
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#38 I Found This Painted Broyhill Brasilia On Craigslist And My Husband Fixed It
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#39 Stripped The Paint And Transformed It Into A Tilt Out Storage Cabinet
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#40 My Refinished Bassett Dresser, It Was Pink!
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#41 Lane Acclaim End Table For $50 On Facebook Marketplace, Before And After
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#42 I Was In Desperate Need Of A Dresser And Bought This Cheap. 7 Layers Of Paint Later I Found This Beautiful Wood Underneath
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#43 First Time Rehabbing A Piece. Broyhill Sculptra Dresser. Few Mistakes With The Finish Due To Impatience. But I’m Happy With It For A $30 Thrift! All Thanks To Dashner Restoration Youtube Channel
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#44 Stanley Furniture “Linear Precision” Credenza
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#45 Beautiful Wood Grain Revealed
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#46 My Crusade Upon Painted Antique Furniture
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#47 Thrift Store “Rescue”
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#48 Reversed It
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#49 I Wish I Could Pay $170 To Purchase This Piece Off Of Fb Marketplace And Restore It…literally Should Be A Crime To Do This
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#50 First Major Restoration
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