Recycled and Upcycled Projects for your Home
Replacing Broken Chair Spindles Welcome back friends. Lately I’ve been finishing and refinishing a bunch of furniture pieces that I’ve picked up roadside, dump piles, thrift stores, auctions…basically wherever the road leads me. Today I have 2 chairs, both from … Continue Reading →
Use a Coaster, Removing Water Marks on Vintage Furniture Welcome back friends, as the title suggests today I’m going to be refinishing furniture just enough to get rid of some unsightly water stains. You don’t always have to strip an … Continue Reading →
Trashed Antique Table, Refinished and Modernized Welcome back, today I have for you another dump find. An antique tabletop, stained, peeling, slightly falling apart with no legs or pedestal in sight. On the plus side, the tabletop is solid wood. … Continue Reading →
Antique Oak Side Table, Flea Market Find At the beginning of the month, my sister, my niece and I hit up the 40 mile Yard Crawl in Virginia while the husbands golfed. Only bought a few items for refinishing and … Continue Reading →
Vintage Waterfall Dressing Table Nightstands Before my sister and I head out to a flea market often times we will discuss what we may be in the market for. For me, it’s something unique, something I haven’t transformed before, something … Continue Reading →
Three Quick and Easy Furniture Fixes Little Red Desk One of my assignments last year while shopping for the farmhouse in Luray , Virginia, was to find a smallish desk that could be placed in the center of a … Continue Reading →
Free Facebook Marketplace Dresser Makeover Over the past several months I’ve had a great time filling this house in Luray Virginia. It’s my son’s house that he purchased to use as an Airbnb. My job was to find lamps, side … Continue Reading →
Do you have that one chair in your house whose joints have loosened over time? That you would be taking your life in your own hands if you decided to use it? That wobbles so much that you feel like … Continue Reading →
I love finding vintage tables at the thrift store. This little guy was just $8. He was a kind of sad and broken, but he just needed a a little TLC and he was practically screaming, take me home! So I did. The table was a little wobbly. … Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Welcome back diyers. I hope you like this project as much as I do. This is actually my fourth project from props I managed to salvage from the theatre company a few weeks ago. This could be my favorite, but every project … Continue Reading →