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Category: Furniture Makeovers

50+ Thrift Store Makeovers

  • By Joan
  • January 28, 2018
  • 7 Comments

If you like before and afters this post is for you.  If you head into a thrift store and have no ideas what to look for, this post is for you. Last week I shared my latest thrift store finds … Continue Reading →

Recovering a Dining Room Chair with a Padded Back

  • By Joan
  • January 21, 2018
  • 6 Comments

Today I bring to you my latest thrift store find.  A beautiful $12 chair.  Super sturdy,  no spots, no wear, probably sat in the corner of someones dining room.  If it doesn’t match your dining room chairs, perhaps it could … Continue Reading →

Upcycled Life Boat Supply Trunk

  • By Joan
  • January 7, 2018
  • 8 Comments

I keep going back to this photo of my flea market finds from August of 2016.  This is my tenth project from this pile and if you stay with me until the end I’ll show you all of these flea market transformations. … Continue Reading →

I Found my Stools at the Thrift Store!

  • By Joan
  • January 4, 2018
  • 5 Comments

Thirty  years ago my husband and I  fixed up our kitchen.  We added a breakfast bar, redid counters, added a new floor.  We also bought two counter height chairs for the new breakfast bar.  I believe they were from one … Continue Reading →

Copycat Graffiti Side Table

  • By Joan
  • January 1, 2018
  • 10 Comments

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 →

Serving Cart with French Lettering

  • By Joan
  • November 30, 2017
  • 8 Comments

This is my latest find, a cute little drop leaf serving cart with a glass removable tray.  It came with 4 casters, but right now they are nowhere to be found. Those missing casters  weren’t going to stop me from giving him a … Continue Reading →

Extreme Makeover – Drafting Table Edition

  • By Joan
  • November 9, 2017
  • 5 Comments

I must admit that when I first saw this table at the local thrift store it was not love at first sight.  I was not in love with someone else’s vacation photos, photos do not make for a nice flat surface … Continue Reading →

DIY French Chair Makeover

  • By Joan
  • October 27, 2017
  • 12 Comments

I was visiting my sister last week.  She’s laid up with a broken foot, she had had surgery the day before and was in need of a rootbeer float.  Besides in pain, she was rather bummed that her flea market … Continue Reading →

Flea Market Tool Box Coffee Table

  • By Joan
  • September 18, 2017
  • 4 Comments

In early August I had the chance to go back to the 40 mile Route 11 Yard Crawl in Virginia.  Last year I got tons of stuff and you’ve been seeing my projects ever since.  The latest was the dorm … Continue Reading →

It’s a Chicken Incubator…Seriously!

  • By Joan
  • September 11, 2017
  • 12 Comments

It was a year ago last August that my sister found this cool wooden box at a flea market. She had no idea what it was but it was made of wood, it was old and it was kind of cool. … Continue Reading →

Two Tier Table Transformation

  • By Joan
  • September 7, 2017
  • 3 Comments

This project came to me by way of my sister.  She picked up this cute little table for $2.50 at a thrift store but didn’t know quite what to do with him and since she has a real job she handed … Continue Reading →

Cool Enough for a Dorm Room

  • By Joan
  • September 4, 2017
  • 8 Comments

You may remember my fantastic finds from a flea market last August.  It was over a 100 degrees that day but I got some great bargains, probably because everybody wanted to go home.  Today I’m working on the red metal … Continue Reading →

New Life for a TV Stand

  • By Joan
  • August 18, 2017
  • 2 Comments

I have a fun TV stand makeover for you today.  This interesting piece of furniture was found at the local ReStore. Originally marked $40, and marked down to $15. It’s mine now! I had been on the search for a TV … Continue Reading →

Saved from the Dump, Vintage Record Cabinet

  • By Joan
  • July 31, 2017
  • 5 Comments

I’m finally ready to tackle the vintage record cabinet I rescued from the farmhouse back in February.  He wasn’t my first choice for a makeover but if I didn’t stick him in my car that night he would have been headed … Continue Reading →

Abandoned, Neglected and Ready for a Makeover

  • By Joan
  • July 24, 2017
  • 6 Comments

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 →

A Crib, Pallets and a Kitchen Cabinet

  • By Joan
  • June 16, 2017
  • 3 Comments

A crib, pallet and kitchen cabinets, didn’t think they went together did you? The crib was found in a dumpster.  I don’t usually crawl into dumpsters looking for treasures…I do have some pride… but this crib was sticking out of the … Continue Reading →

Pedestal Table and Chairs Makeover

  • By Joan
  • June 9, 2017
  • 5 Comments

This cute little table and chairs is owned by my oldest son’s best friend from high school.  He got married last year and he and his wife are saving up to buy a house, hopefully by the end of the … Continue Reading →

Replacing a Table Top with Vintage Wood

  • By Joan
  • May 26, 2017
  • 1 Comment

The very first piece of furniture my husband and I ever bought as a couple was this cute little butcher block table.  It was the perfect size for our apartment and it fit the two of us perfectly. Well almost … Continue Reading →

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