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 →
I don’t normally do too much decorating for Halloween. A pumpkin here, a mum there, maybe a centerpiece, but I do like to have a nice inviting wreath on the door for all those sweet little trick or treaters that … Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
