Recycled Post Lamp: Add to Flipboard Magazine. Recently I’ve been updating my living room. It was mostly done but in dire need of lamps. I shopped all of my normal spots for lamps, Home Goods, Target, JC Penney …but no one had exactly … Continue Reading →
Ironing Board Cabinet diy part 1
I was thinking the other day,that I would love to have a built in ironing board cabinet. Wouldn’t it be great to have an ironing board that just folds down from the wall and was ready to use whenever you … Continue Reading →
Upcycled Fruit Crate Ottomans diy
Back in April, my oldest son, Keith, texted me and told me he was cleaning out the garage of a house his company was designing and it was full of crates…would I be interested in any? Well of course, I’ll take a few. … Continue Reading →
Primitive Junk Angel #2
I enjoyed making my first junk angel so much I just had to make another. I even have a couple more in the works, so watch out. If you remember, my first junk angel came about when my oldest son, Keith, gave … Continue Reading →
Repurposed Ironing Board
I had just gotten rid of my piggy sign when this ironing board landed in my lap. OK, not actually in my lap, but in my car. Years ago, my oldest sister had picked up this old ironing board at a … Continue Reading →
Rescued Piano Bench
Last week I shared with you my scavenging adventure…going thru props from a theatre group. Well this is the first of my makeovers from that day. There is my bench tucked away under the blue suitcase. He is super sturdy, … Continue Reading →
Fish and Tinker Toys
What do fish and tinker toys have in common? You’ll just have to check out my latest project over at My Repurposed Life where Gail has been creating, recycling, repurposing and reusing since 2009. She has invited me to guest post once … Continue Reading →
Scavenging Jackpot
Last week I had the best scavenging week I’ve had in a long time. It started out with this delivery of rusty gold. Now to you it may look like trash, but to me it’s angel wings and angel legs. … Continue Reading →
Beachcomber Napkin Rings diy
Summer is coming, the kids are loading up their buckets with seashells. OK, maybe it’s mom who loads up the bucket with seashells…and you can’t part with any of them. You need a project. This is an easy craft project. … Continue Reading →
Moss Hurricane Lamp diy
When I started these hurricane lamps, I had no idea that I would be making a collection of slipcovers for hurricane lamps. That’s right, all the coverings just slip right off. You don’t really need more than 1 or … Continue Reading →
Piggy Pork bbq sign DIY
About a year ago my sister hands me this yoke and says, “What can you do with this?” My first thought…that would make a fantastic hanging light. Two matching lights hanging from both ends. You can see that can’t you…or … Continue Reading →
Easiest Pallet Wood Project ever….
About a year ago my brother-in-law, Bill, offered to get a bunch of pallets from his loading dock at work. Apparently, all he had to do was ask the guys at the loading dock and they would save them for … Continue Reading →
DIY Americana Pillow
Welcome back, I hope everyone had a beautiful weekend. Here, the weather was absolutely beautiful, great for catching up on a little yard work and soaking up the sun. Had to stay close to home though, as my youngest son, … Continue Reading →
Pallet Wood Sawhorse Desk
A couple of years ago I was scavenging the internet, looking for diy projects when I came upon a super cool pallet wood desk over at Funky Junk Interiors. Donna did a fantastic job of combining sawhorses, a ladder, pallet … Continue Reading →
Shell Hurricane Lamp
Way back in 2001, we loaded up the kayak and drove up to Maine to spend a beautiful week hiking and exploring. We chowed down on fresh caught lobsters, we hiked around Acadia, we paddled around the many islands and … Continue Reading →
Primitive Junk Angel
If you read Monday’s diy on the driftwood tree, you may remember I said I would be back to show you what finally became of the last birthday present I received from my son Keith. Did you guess angel? Mind … Continue Reading →
Wayfair Inspired Driftwood Tree diy
Ever since August, I’ve been on the hunt for driftwood ,and while I’ve gotten a few pieces of genuine, smoothed by the tides, washed up on the shore pieces of wood. Most of my wood was mostly, aged by the rain, … Continue Reading →
DIY Caster Wall Hooks
I love old wall hooks especially when they are made out of something unexpected. I was just on Pinterest and I found wall hooks made of golf clubs, C-clamps, silverware, doorknobs, wrenches, spools, faucets, dinosaur heads, baby doll parts, … Continue Reading →
Stars and Stripes diy
It’s hard to believe it’s the middle of May already and with the patriotic season fast approaching, I thought I’d bring you my own version of the stars and stripes. Memorial Day is May 25th this year, that’s only 2 … Continue Reading →


