Johannesburg, South Africa-based Mbongeni Buthelezi has spent a career using plastic film to create his unique brand of art.

Of course, this rule doesn't apply to every piece of IKEA furniture. We wouldn't recommend painting anything covered in fabric. And anything made of plastic can be tricky to paint and get right.

My trick to distressing is to use a plastic shopping bag to paint the top coat onto the frame Cut a grocery bag into 4 pieces, and scrunch the plastic. Dip the scrunched plastic into the paint and ...

It was discovered in a plastic bag at a bus stop in Greater London, minus the frame, Christie's confirmed. In addition to the mid-'90s theft, painting was also stolen by Napoleon's troops from ...