Recycled and Upcycled Projects for your Home
Pallet Wood Playhouse This project comes courtesy of my oldest son, Keith, who built a playhouse almost exclusively of pallet wood. I talked about pallet wood last week claiming it as one of my favorite materials to work with. It’s … Continue Reading →
Live the Scavenger Life, 18 Tips and Tricks I’ve been creating and sharing at ScavengerChic for over 10 years now. If you’ve followed me, you’ll notice I use many of my materials over and over again and the same tricks … Continue Reading →
DIY Wood Scrap Shelf Sitter The following project is purely just for fun. So if you like all your projects to have a purpose, this DIY wood scrap shelf sitter is not for you. I started this project wanting to … Continue Reading →
Outdated Word Signs Reimagined -3 Easy Makeovers You can always tell what trendy fad is no longer trending. That’s what you’ll find in the thrift store. And what I’m seeing a lot of are these word signs…you know, live, laugh, … Continue Reading →
Folk Art Painted Trunk or Coffee Table When you clean out your house ( see last week) you’re reminded of all the projects you’ve been meaning to get around to but just haven’t found the time or the motivation for. … Continue Reading →
It’s a New Year, Easy Decluttering Ideas It’s a New Year and the perfect time to do that decluttering you never seem to get around to the rest of the year. My grandparents always used to save their deep cleaning … Continue Reading →
Thrift Store Makeovers, Removing Old Paper Decals Today I have 2 thrift store makeovers , each involving removing old paper decals from vintage wooden vessels. If you are worried about the antique value of an item you may want to … Continue Reading →
School Year Picture Frame Ideas and DIY Welcome back friends. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are all ready for some new projects. I’m starting out the New Year with a school years photo frame requested by … Continue Reading →
375 DIY Gift Ideas for Everyone on Your List Hello again friends. Before I take the next month off to concentrate more on family and friends, I wanted to share again my lists of homemade and DIY gift ideas. Somewhere … Continue Reading →
Candy Cane Vintage Style Signs on Reclaimed Doors Hello again friends. Today I’m back to my to do pile and we’re working with the large bottom sections on these old doors. If you can remember back that far, almost 2 … Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving Tablescapes and Buffet Ideas Hello friends and welcome back. I’m back early this week because I have a bunch of Thanksgiving tablescape and serving ideas for your feast this year. I wanted to give you a little extra time … Continue Reading →
DIY Vintage Shutter Snowman, Easy Project Just in time for winter and the holiday season I have an easy project for you, an upcycled shutter snowman. All you need is a shutter some white spray paint and a few other … Continue Reading →
Thrift Store Rescue, Vintage Shoe Form Coat Rack Today I have a antique shoe form rescue project for you. I recently found these 3 old shoe forms in a local thrift shop. They were begging me to take them home … Continue Reading →
Easy Craft, Fabric Wrapped Paper Mache Tree Is it too early to start thinking about Christmas decorating? Probably, but I have a super easy craft that you might even be able to get your kids to tackle. You’ll need one … Continue Reading →
25 Fall and Halloween Party Ideas Scrolling thru my phone the other day I was treated to a fun (although disgusting) Halloween Party tray featuring lots of meat, blood, guts…you know…party decor. It reminded me of the skeleton platter I … Continue Reading →
Trashed Antique Table, Refinished and Modernized Welcome back, today I have for you another dump find. An antique tabletop, stained, peeling, slightly falling apart with no legs or pedestal in sight. On the plus side, the tabletop is solid wood. … Continue Reading →
Upcycled Brass Pole 4 Ways I’ve been working on a wooden table all week and that is what I planned to bring you today. So close, but that project is still tacky and not quite ready for his closeup so … Continue Reading →
Flea Market Find, Rusty Hinges When you go to a flea market always stop to check the bins of rusty junk. That’s where you find the good stuff. And by good stuff I mean hinges. Great big beautiful rusty, barely … Continue Reading →