There is always a lot of talk on the blogs about furniture makeovers.  A week hardly goes by without someone showcasing a Before and After. 

See this from Design*Sponge and this from Ikea Hacker and this from fermLiving.

When I suggest painting furniture to my clients I am met with serious resistance.  In almost every case.  And those few that agree usually never get around to doing it.

So my question is:  Is this just a case of “Isolated Blog Phenomena” and are real people just too busy for this sort of thing?