Railroad Spike Wine Rack diy
Back in March I shared with you my coat rack made from old railroad spikes. At the time, I wanted to make another project from the railroad spikes and I eventually settled on a wine rack. Back to the … Continue Reading →
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New life for a Broken Chair
Good Morning and Happy Friday. Today I’m guest posting over at My Repurposed Life. The picture above is the only hint I’m going to give you about the project I shared…it’s a broken chair that my sister found in her neighbors … Continue Reading →
Visiting Black Dog Salvage
If you recognize the picture above then you are probably a follower of the DIY Network series, Salvage Dawgs. Salvage Dawgs follows the Black Dog Salvage Company in Roanoke, Virginia as they travel to historical buildings that are about to be … Continue Reading →
Honeysuckle / Tomato Cage Tree
The honeysuckle hurricane lamp that I showed you last week hardly used up any of my weedy honeysuckle vines. I needed to think bigger. I needed to think tree size. That’s it, a tree! You’ve seen Christmas trees covered in … Continue Reading →
Curbside Chairs get a Makeover
Driving home from my local Home Depot one day, I spied this set of 5 beautiful dining chairs just sitting on the side of the road with a big sign…take me home, free! I didn’t happen to need dining chairs … Continue Reading →
Save a Tree – Make a Honeysuckle Hurricane Lamp
When my kids were growing up they all had the pleasure of being taught kindergarten by the same wonderful teacher, Ms. Guertler. Ms. Guertler was a nature loving, recycle loving, earth loving, turn off the lights when you leave the … Continue Reading →
Making a Bench from leftover Spindles
Several weeks ago, my youngest brother showed up on my front doorstep with 2 doors, lots of indoor shutters, a little bit of beadboard and over 40 spindles (sometimes called balusters). He had been cleaning out his garage and thought I … Continue Reading →
Design Your own Vintage Style Sign
I love vintage signs and apparently everyone else does too. The cost of a genuine old sign is somewhere in the hundreds of dollar range. Did you know that you can make your own sign practically for free. Yup, free! … Continue Reading →
Repurposing a Vintage Wood Planer
At the same flea market that I bought the typewriter desk earlier in the week, I bought this cute woodworkers planer. I had been eyeing them all day, sometimes they were too big, sometimes too small, some were missing the lower knob, … Continue Reading →
Old Typewriter Desk gets a Makeover
Last year I wrote about the Route 11 Yard Crawl in Virginia and earlier in the month I had the pleasure of returning. This time I was accompanied by not just my 2 sisters, but 2 sons as well as … Continue Reading →
Repurposed Baby Gate diy
What would you do if you found an old baby gate next to a dumpster? Kind of green and a little bit broken…of course you would have to take it home. At least that is what I did. Find out what … Continue Reading →
Easy diy Cake Stand
I’m posting over at My Repurposed Life tomorrow, but I still wanted to bring you a quick and easy project today, a super simple cake stand diy. I know cake stands are everywhere, single tier, multi-tier, glass, tin, porcelain…so I … Continue Reading →
Chicken Coop Coffee Table diy
When I wanted a new coffee table for my living room, I didn’t turn to the furniture stores, I went directly to Pinterest. The talent, craftiness and ingenuity of the people out in blogland is incredible. I eventually decided, that … Continue Reading →
Repurposed Books, Bookshelf diy
It seems that whenever I share a project with you , I will share more than one project based on the same theme. A while ago I was into wall hooks, then came vintage signs, who can forget my angels (at least I … Continue Reading →
Spoon Junk Angel diy
Spoon junk angel is the third assemblage angel I’ve created using rusty and not so rusty found bits and pieces. She follows her sisters, Primitive Junk Angel 1 and Primitive Junk Angel 2. If you remember, Angel 1 had the … Continue Reading →
Pallet Garden vs. Pallet Garden
Before I get into my pallet garden comparison… I want to share with you my sad sad story. A long long time ago I used to have a great vegetable garden. It wasn’t the biggest garden in the world but … Continue Reading →
Upcycled Mortise locks and Shutter Shelves diy
A couple of weeks ago my brother asked if I could babysit my niece, Bea, while he and his wife went hiking. Of course I would, I don’t get to see enough of her. He also said that he had been cleaning … Continue Reading →
Chalkboard Buffet diy
Welcome back diyers. I hope you like this project as much as I do. This is actually my fourth project from props I managed to salvage from the theatre company a few weeks ago. This could be my favorite, but every project … Continue Reading →