Recycled and Upcycled Projects for your Home
DIY Sign, Mistletoe Christmas Trees Hi friends, I have one more project for you before I take off for the month of December. It’s a vintage style DIY Christmas Tree sign that I made for my daughter-in-law last year. Knowing … Continue Reading →
Driftwood Santa Claus Hi folks, today we’re painting on a beautiful piece of driftwood To be more precise, this 34″ piece of driftwood is about to become Santa. You may remember this same piece of driftwood from the easy … Continue Reading →
75 Homemade Gift Ideas For the last few weeks I’ve been searching the internet to bring you a great assortment of DIY gifts, homemade gifts, housewarming gifts, birthday gifts, woodworking gifts, mason jar gifts, gift baskets, sewing gifts, personalized … Continue Reading →
Easy DIY Wood Candle Holder Hi friends and welcome back. I spent Sunday of last weekend helping number 2 son work on a treehouse in his 3 year old’s room. It’s going great! It has reclaimed flooring and reclaimed windows…anything … Continue Reading →
Mirror Makeover Halloween Face in the Mirror, DIY Several years ago I showed you how to make a spooky face in an old window just in time for Halloween. There was this doll face, above, and also another creepy head … Continue Reading →
4th of July Glass Cylinder Vase After showing you the year long living room makeover project 2 weeks ago I thought you might like an easier project. How easy you may ask. Well, this project probably took about 15 minutes. … Continue Reading →
Plaster Lath American Flag Visiting my local architectural salvage store, Second Chance in Baltimore, I happened upon this bin of plaster lath. Once upon a time the narrow strips of wood lath would have been nailed horizontally across interior … Continue Reading →
Pallet Wood Junk Heart Sometimes you guys like the easy projects…the project that uses up your scrap wood and the one that lets you upcycle some of your junk. This is that project. We’re making a junky pallet wood heart … Continue Reading →
DIY Christmas Gift Ideas This is the 3rd time I’ve done a roundup of DIY gift ideas from around the web. There is something for every skill level and everyone on your shopping list. I’ve also thrown in a few … Continue Reading →
Christmas Tin Makeover It’s almost that time of year…the time of year when you’ll be getting or giving Christmas tins. Hopefully not an empty tin, but one filled with glorious homemade treats. Once you receive one, you may be wondering, … Continue Reading →
Chalkboard Serving Tray I have a super easy project for you today but you may have to wait for Thrift stores to reopen before you can get your supplies. I used an old metal serving tray but frankly, any smooth, … Continue Reading →
Create a quick hot chocolate bar using things you probably have lying around the house. Continue Reading →
DIY Gift Card Box Christmas is right around the corner and I can officially say I’m getting most of my teenage and young adult nieces and nephews what they want most. Cash (in the form of gift cards)! Since gift … Continue Reading →
Next weekend is Easter weekend and we’re celebrating with my wonderful, and always very hungry, family. I’ve been assigned to bring an appetizer. Rather than go with my usual, buffalo chicken dip, bacon wrapped smokies, Mexican bean dip…you know, those tried … Continue Reading →
We celebrated our first grandbaby, Felix’s, first birthday at the end of March. And with a first birthday comes a new project. I made several signs for Felix’s parents wedding, back in June, 2017. I’ve reused most of the wood from the signs … Continue Reading →
A while back when I was painting vintage seed packets, think pumpkins, sunflowers and carrots, I came across this beautiful image is from the Smithsonian Library. It’s the cover from a seed catalog from 1912. While the seed packets were … Continue Reading →
I have a really easy upcycle today using 2 thrift store finds. These are the domes from cheese plates and scrap pieces from two pedestal candle holders. The candle pieces were the excess from the candlestick lamps I shared back in November. … Continue Reading →
Before I started Scavenger Chic I never decorated for Valentine’s Day. The day was made solely for special dinners, candy hearts and flowers. But over the past five years I’ve found that I really enjoy scouring the workshop for … Continue Reading →