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Live the Scavenger Life, 18 Tips and Tricks

  • By Joan
  • February 25, 2026
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Live the Scavenger Life, 18 Tips and Tricks I’ve been creating and sharing at ScavengerChic for over 10 years now.  If you’ve followed me, you’ll notice I use many of my materials over and over again and the same tricks … Continue Reading →

Outdated Word Sign Reimagined - Easy Makeovers

Outdated Word Signs Reimagined – 3 Easy Makeovers

  • By Joan
  • February 11, 2026
  • 1 Comment

Outdated Word Signs Reimagined -3 Easy Makeovers You can always tell what trendy fad is no longer trending.  That’s what you’ll find in the thrift store.  And what I’m seeing a lot of are these word signs…you know, live, laugh, … Continue Reading →

Thrift Store Makeovers, Removing Old Paper Decals

Thrift Store Makeovers, Removing Old Paper Decals

  • By Joan
  • January 21, 2026
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Thrift Store Makeovers, Removing Old Paper Decals Today I have 2 thrift store makeovers , each involving removing old paper decals from vintage wooden vessels. If you are worried about the  antique value of an item you may want to … Continue Reading →

School Year Picture Frame Ideas and DIY

  • By Joan
  • January 15, 2026
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School Year Picture Frame Ideas and DIY Welcome back friends.  Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are all ready for some new projects. I’m starting out the New Year with a school years photo frame requested by … Continue Reading →

Antique Table, Refinished and Modernized

Trashed Antique Table, Refinished and Modernized

  • By Joan
  • October 22, 2025
  • 6 Comments

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 →

Upcycled Brass Pole 4 Ways

  • By Joan
  • October 15, 2025
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Upcycled Brass Pole 4 Ways I’ve been working on a wooden table all week and that is what I planned to bring you today.  So close, but that project is still tacky and not quite ready for his closeup so … Continue Reading →

Painted Thrift Store Side Table.

Thrift Store Side Table, To Paint or Not to Paint

  • By Joan
  • June 4, 2025
  • 1 Comment

  Thrift Store Side Table, To Paint or Not to Paint Today I’m tackling this cute little side table I picked up from a flea market a few years ago.  Sitting in my storage room for all those years, his … Continue Reading →

recycled junky owls

Easy Recycled and Repurposed Junk Owls

  • By Joan
  • March 12, 2025
  • 4 Comments

Recycled and Repurposed Junk Owls A couple of weeks ago my son brought me over a tin can full of junk, several old wood windows and this old, but still very sharp saw blade. What can you do with a … Continue Reading →

Spindle Christmas Tree

Vintage Spindle Christmas Trees

  • By Joan
  • November 19, 2024
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Vintage Spindle Christmas Trees Hi friends, welcome back.  One of my most pinned ideas from last year’s 75 homemade gift ideas roundup were these artificial trees in old spindles from The Junk Chick.  The Junk Chick  hasn’t made a new … Continue Reading →

Carved Wood Side Table

Thrift Store Carved Wood Side Table

  • By Joan
  • November 13, 2024
  • 5 Comments

Thrift Store Carved Wood Side Table Every project has to start somewhere and this one started with the discovery of this beautiful carved wood plaque in a local thrift store for only $12. This gorgeous plaque is 21″ in diameter … Continue Reading →

Wire Spool Coffee Table

DIY Wire Spool Coffee Table

  • By Joan
  • October 30, 2024
  • 4 Comments

Wire Spool Coffee Table Today we’re making this wire spool into a coffee table.    This spool is not overly large, it is only 13″ in height and 23″ in diameter.  It’s not quite  the perfect coffee table size but … Continue Reading →

Styling Bathroom Shelves from the Thrift Store

  • By Joan
  • August 7, 2024
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Styling Bathroom Shelves from the Thrift Store I made over my basement powder room over a year ago and installed  these reclaimed wood shelves complete with a smorgasbord of thrift store finds. I loved my wooden shelves so much I … Continue Reading →

5 Mini Thrift Store Makeovers

  • By Joan
  • June 5, 2024
  • 3 Comments

I usually visit my local thrift store about once a week.  Most of the time I have no idea what I’m looking for, but I’ll know it if I see it.  An item that just needs a little TLC is … Continue Reading →

Reclaimed Wood DIY Whale Wall Hanging

  • By Joan
  • March 20, 2024
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Reclaimed Wood DIY Whale Wall Hanging This is a whale my sister found at the thrift store last week.  He’s big and beautiful measuring 8″ in height and 33″ in length.  His colors were a little bold and I offered … Continue Reading →

DIY Wall Propagation Station

  • By Joan
  • September 27, 2023
  • 5 Comments

DIY Wall Propagation Station Look what I found at my local thrift store, a box of 12 Erlenmeyer flasks.  I didn’t even know I wanted a bunch of flasks, but once I saw them,  I had to have them.  I … Continue Reading →

3 Easy Thrift Store Makeovers

  • By Joan
  • September 20, 2023
  • 3 Comments

Trio of Easy Thrift Store Makeovers Today I have for you, three thrift store finds that  just require a little touch up to make them as good as new.  These follow my last “Five Little Thrift Store Makeovers” from April. … Continue Reading →

Five Little Thrift Store Makeovers

  • By Joan
  • April 13, 2023
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Five Little Thrift Store Makeovers Have you ever gone to a thrift store and found an item that was so close to perfect.  If only it was a different color, if only it  wasn’t scratched, if only it wasn’t so … Continue Reading →

Thrift Store Boxwood Wreath on Scrap Wood

  • By Joan
  • February 1, 2023
  • 1 Comment

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 →

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