Recycled and Upcycled Projects for your Home
Earth Day – You Can Make a Difference! Hi friends, it’s Earth Day 2026. You know I’m a big believer in repurposing, recycling and reusing and saving the planet one pallet at a time. But sometimes we have to stop, … Continue Reading →
Scavenger Files, Upcycled Inspiration and Creative Ideas About once a year I hit you with upcycled inspiration and creative ideas that I’ve found in my travels. I tend to share when my photo gallery fills up. My inspiration may come … Continue Reading →
What is it? Thrift Store Edition I hit the thrift stores about once a week and most things I’ve either seen before or I can take a good guess at what they may be used for. Take your best guess … Continue Reading →
Easy DIY Scrap Wood Bunny Welcome back everyone. You may not have missed me but I’ve been spending the last couple of weeks touring beautiful sunny Arizona. We started in Tucson, made our way north into Scottsdale, then the red … Continue Reading →
Just in Time for Spring, Junk Tulips Reaching back into the archives I bring you these nail and ball Allium (ish) flowers from 2023. When nothing else will bloom these continue to provide my garden with color. I do pull … Continue Reading →
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Outdated Word Signs Reimagined -3 Easy Makeovers You can always tell what trendy fad is no longer trending.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 →