Dump Find Bookcase Makeover with Reclaimed Wood

Dump Find Bookcase Makeover with Reclaimed Wood Last week I found a fantastic bookshelf just laying discarded next to a dumpster. I wasn’t looking for a bookcase, I wasn’t even dumpster diving. I was just grocery shopping, and  it was … Continue Reading →

Free Facebook Marketplace Dresser Makeover

Free Facebook Marketplace Dresser Makeover Over the past several months I’ve had a great time filling this house in Luray Virginia.  It’s my son’s house that he purchased to use as an Airbnb.  My job was to find lamps, side … Continue Reading →

Garage Find Bookcase Makeover

Garage Find Bookcase Makeover Today I have a fairly easy bookcase makeover for you.  I’m starting out with this very dirty, very basic,  solid wooden bookshelf scavenged from my son’s garage.  Having spent many years in a greasy garage, he … Continue Reading →

Upcycled Dresser and Door Kitchen Island Part 2

Upcycled Dresser and Door Kitchen Island Part 2 If you are following along with my projects, you may remember that last week I shared with you Part 1 of a dresser to kitchen island DIY conversion. On my last post … Continue Reading →

DIY Upcycled Dresser Kitchen Island Part 1

DIY Upcycled Dresser Kitchen Island Recently I’ve been sharing with you parts of my son and daughter-in-law’s house that they bought as an investment.  Most of the house was coming along great but the kitchen needed something, and that something … Continue Reading →

Vintage Spinet Desk Makeover

Vintage Spinet Desk Makeover Looking at a local online auction I came upon this little beauty.  It was listed as a Larson’s desk, what the heck is that?  This is actually all the information I got from the listing …Painted … Continue Reading →

Curbside Rescue Blanket Chest DIY

Curbside Rescue Blanket Chest DIY Don’t you just love a curbside rescue?  A piece that has been sent to the curb just waiting for the trash man or a wayward scavenger, whichever comes first.  This time I was victorious!  This … Continue Reading →

DIY Table Leaf for Vintage Dining Table

DIY Table Leaf What you see here is an early 1900’s oak pedestal table that I found at the local Goodwill well over a year ago.  I had no need for another table but it just happened to be half … Continue Reading →

Painting a Nightstand and Creating an Heirloom

Painting a Nightstand and Creating an Heirloom At the same auction where I bought the sofa table from last week I also purchased this pair of almost matching nightstands.  When I bought them I thought they were exactly the same.  … Continue Reading →

Pottery Barn inspired, Painted Trunk Makeover

Painted Trunk Makeover   I picked up this battered trunk over a year ago and it has sat in my storage room ever since.  I bought him from an online auction and he definitely looked better in his pictures than … Continue Reading →

Flea Market Find, Upholstered Stool Makeover

Flea Market Find, Upholstered Stool Makeover I’m back with one more of my flea market finds from back in August.   Head to the end of this post for all my finds, makeovers and DIYs.  I knew that haul would keep … Continue Reading →

Bar Stool Makeover, Painting with Wax

Bar Stool Makeover Last week I showed you a table makeover using an iron base I got from my oldest son.  Well on the same trip that he brought over the table base he also brought over a set of … Continue Reading →

Green Chalk Paint Entry Table

I recently bought this entry table for my son and daughter in law who just moved into a new home in mid December.  This table as well as the desk from earlier in the week were from an online auction. … Continue Reading →

Upholstered Arm Chair

I got this chair from an online auction but it’s been sitting around since January waiting for me to get up the nerve to tackle it.  The part I was most dreading is taking out all the staples.  Well I’m ready…gather … Continue Reading →

Small Vintage Table with Easy Repairs

I love finding vintage tables at the thrift store.   This little guy was just $8.  He was a kind of sad and broken, but he just needed a  a little TLC and he was practically screaming, take me home! So I did. The table was a little wobbly. … Continue Reading →

Copycat Graffiti Side Table

Welcome back and Happy New Year.   I finished off 2017 with a couple of easier craft projects but I’m back with a fun furniture makeover. I purchased this table at an online auction.   Usually pictures don’t do a piece … Continue Reading →

Abandoned, Neglected and Ready for a Makeover

Normally when you think of curbside rescue you picture a piece of furniture sitting in front of someones house or at least next to a dumpster. This lonely looking dresser was plopped down in the middle of a parking lot. … Continue Reading →

Hipless Martha Washington

I keep finding these little orphans in the thrift stores that are just begging me to take them home and make them pretty. Monday it was a recipe card holder, last week it was a Thomasville Side Table and last month … Continue Reading →