Wood Salad Bowl Makeover diy
I have a great diy for you today, a flea market or thrift store wooden salad bowl covered with sticks. If you have a glue gun and a chop saw you are well on your way to making this project. … Continue Reading →
Category: DIY around the House
Sweater Hurricane Lamp and 15 more Recycled Sweater Gift Ideas
I had this great idea to continue my hurricane lamp slip covers with a beautiful cable knit thrift store sweater. You may remember my hurricane lamps covered in shells, driftwood, moss and honeysuckle vines. But after doing a little research I found … Continue Reading →
Thrift Store Salt and Pepper Mill Makeover
This week I’m sharing with you two thrift store makeovers, that you could also use for your holiday gift giving. This is a salt and pepper grinder I found at a local thrift store. There is actually nothing wrong with them, but that … Continue Reading →
My New Old Cheese box
Welcome back diyers. We are about to transform this plain, ordinary, humdrum cheese box into a unique, one of a kind masterpiece. Did I oversell? Well, it will be cool. From what I can tell, cheese boxes were first used … Continue Reading →
Repurposing Dresser Drawers
Recycle, upcycle, repurpose, reuse….whatever you call it, these nightstands do it all. The knobs are new, but the spindle legs, hardwood flooring top and drawer body of the table have all had past lives. Their worlds are about to collide. … Continue Reading →
14 Fantastic Corbel Projects
On Monday I showed you how easy it was to create your own set of corbels using nothing other than leftover wood scraps. Hopefully I inspired you to make your own set, but if that didn’t work, I’m back to … Continue Reading →
Design and Build your own Corbel
I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween. We had about 150 or more trick or treaters. I was actually glad they stopped coming when they did or there would have been no chocolate left for me. It didn’t help … Continue Reading →
Spotlight Tripod Lamp diy
I usually have a few things on my to buy list for whenever I’m in a thrift store, whether it be a frame, a mirror, a cool chair…And most of the time I don’t find what I’m looking for. So, here I … Continue Reading →
Pottery Barn Inspired New York Tiled Map diy
I am always on the lookout for my next big project and I am not ashamed to tell you that I often steal my ideas from the millions of ideas floating out there on the internet. It may not be direct … Continue Reading →
Build an Easy Bathroom Shelf
Welcome back all you diyers. Today I have a super easy project that is put together just like a toolbox with the exception that the opening is in front instead of on top. This project came about because I’m still using … Continue Reading →
Vintage Style Oyster Sign diy
Have you ever been given a sign by the universe that you should follow a certain course of action? Well my sign from the universe was really a sign. An oyster sign. I spotted my first and second sign in … Continue Reading →
Vintage Windows and Signal Flags Wall Decor
International Code Flags or Signaling Flags are used for communicating short messages between ships out at sea. Each flag can either be a letter or have a short meaning. While A is known as Alpha, it also means, I have … Continue Reading →
Rusty Hinge Junk Angel
It’s kind of hard for me to believe that it has been two months since I’ve brought you a junk angel. This little angel has been just sitting patiently in my workshop waiting for me to decide on what kind of … Continue Reading →
Vintage Molding and Pallet Wood Frame
Before I get started on my frame, I wanted to give you an update on the Railroad spike wine rack that I shared with you a couple of weeks ago. When we last saw the wine rack it was laying on … Continue Reading →
Chalk Paint Side Table Makeover
Here is one more project from the loot I scavenged from the theatre company otherwise known as my Scavenging Jackpot. There were several pieces of furniture, all in bad shape, and all in desperate need of makeovers. This is actually the … Continue Reading →
Upcycling a Rusty Septic Pipe
I know you’re curious and that’s why you’re here. What can you do with a rusty, dirty, previously used, septic pipe. You gotta admit that that is one fine looking poo pipe, a nice round circular shape, nice rusty patina, … Continue Reading →
Pier 1 Copycat Mirror diy
Last week I showed you highlights of my trip to Black Dog Salvage, the Salvage Company that is the basis for the TV show, Salvage Dawgs. At the salvage yard I picked up tons of ideas, but only one item … Continue Reading →
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 →