Easy Easter Bunny Project, Pottery Barn Inspired

Easy Easter Bunny Project, Pottery Barn Inspired Welcome back.  Last week I shared with you my Pottery Barn copycat painting. I must say, all of your comments were so generous and kind.  This week I’m headed back to Pottery Barn, … Continue Reading →

DIY Art, Make Your Own Pottery Barn Copycat Painting

DIY Art, Make Your Own Pottery Barn Copycat Painting Back in January I was showing you my basement half bath makeover.  I started with the closet shelves, moved on to an upcycled towel rack and finished with the thrifted finds … Continue Reading →

DIY Bar, with Reclaimed Wood and an Old Door

DIY Bar, with Reclaimed Wood and an Old Door Welcome back friends, today I have a DIY bar that I created for my oldest son, Keith, for his birthday this year.  His new house had a great spot for a … Continue Reading →

Plaid Stencil Vintage Typing Desk

Plaid Stencil Vintage Typing Desk Welcome back friends.  Today I have a cute little typing desk that is all ready for his makeover. He was probably used about mid-century, long before the day of computers and word processing machines, faxes … Continue Reading →

Aging a Galvanized Napkin Holder

Aging a Galvanized Napkin Holder Above you’ll see one of my latest thrift store finds, a very nice and shiny galvanized metal napkin holder. It’s simple, it’s plain, it does what it is supposed to do, hold napkins, and at … Continue Reading →

DIY Nightstands from an old Desk

DIY Nightstands from an old Desk Welcome back friends.  What you see here is my latest Goodwill find.  A cute little desk that I totally passed up. I walked out to my car empty handed and was about to drive … Continue Reading →

DIY Bathtub Tray for Spa Day

DIY Bathtub Tray for Spa Day In my son’s new house he has a beautiful, vintage, claw foot tub.  The kind of tub that’s made for stretching out, putting your feet up, adding bubbles,  maybe even a glass of wine … Continue Reading →

Dated Side Table Makeover with Hairpin Legs

Dated Side Table Makeover with Hairpin Legs Hi friends, welcome back.  I think you’ll like this project because it’s fairly easy and it has a nice before and after photo. Let’s start out with the before shot. This is a … Continue Reading →

DIY Croquet Stand from Reclaimed Wood

DIY Croquet Stand from Reclaimed Wood For a Christmas gift this year, I found this beautiful, practically brand new, croquet set at a local thrift store.  It seemed to have all the pieces and had only one slight grass stain … Continue Reading →

Thrift Store Boxwood Wreath on Scrap Wood

Thrift Store Boxwood Wreath on Scrap Wood Welcome back friends, today I’m going to finally do something with the DIY barn door I created back in August. My DIY barn door was supposed to go on top of a century … Continue Reading →

Bathroom Makeover, Thrift Store Style

Bathroom Makeover, Thrift Store Style The last couple of weeks I’ve been sharing parts of my bathroom makeover starting with the closet shelves and last weeks 20 ideas for upcycled towel holders. Today I’m replacing the towel bar with a … Continue Reading →

Bathroom Makeover, 20 Upcycled Towel Holder Ideas

Bathroom Makeover, 20 Upcycled Towel Holder Ideas Last week I showed you the start of my basement bathroom makeover.  After hubby ripped the towel bar off the wall I needed a replacement.  I didn’t need a full sized towel bar, … Continue Reading →

Bathroom Makeover, Cover your Ugly Wire Shelf

Bathroom Makeover, Cover your Ugly Wire Shelf Welcome back!  I hope everyone had a relaxing, joyful holiday season filled with good food, good friends, good times and family…and not necessarily in that order. We just finished up the last of … Continue Reading →

Something for Everyone, 300 DIY Gift Ideas

Something for Everyone, 300 DIY Gift Ideas Hello again, all my DIY  friends.  Thanksgiving has come and gone and it is time to start thinking about Christmas.  I like to take the month of December off to concentrate more on … Continue Reading →

Upcycled Dresser and Door Kitchen Island Part 2

Upcycled Dresser and Door Kitchen Island Part 2 If you are following along with my projects, you may remember that last week I shared with you Part 1 of a dresser to kitchen island DIY conversion. On my last post … Continue Reading →

DIY Upcycled Dresser Kitchen Island Part 1

DIY Upcycled Dresser Kitchen Island Recently I’ve been sharing with you parts of my son and daughter-in-law’s house that they bought as an investment.  Most of the house was coming along great but the kitchen needed something, and that something … Continue Reading →

DIY Backgammon Board with a Recycled Door

DIY Backgammon Board with a Recycled Door I picked up these 2 hollow core doors for free from the dump pile at my local architectural salvage yard. They were in awesome shape, just not what people are normally looking for … Continue Reading →

DIY Outside Corner Molding for Cheap

DIY Outside Corner Molding for Cheap I’m working on a great project…can’t share it with you yet because it’s still in progress.  But as with any new project  I always seems to make multiple trips to the hardware store.  On … Continue Reading →