Recycled and Upcycled Projects for your Home
Folk Art Painted Trunk or Coffee Table When you clean out your house ( see last week) you’re reminded of all the projects you’ve been meaning to get around to but just haven’t found the time or the motivation for. … Continue Reading →
Thrift Store Rescue, Vintage Shoe Form Coat Rack Today I have a antique shoe form rescue project for you. I recently found these 3 old shoe forms in a local thrift shop. They were begging me to take them home … Continue Reading →
Goodwill Find, Refinishing a Vintage Oak Captain’s Chair On a recent Goodwill stop I spied a pair of these vintage oak Boling’s captain’s chairs for the low low price of only $5 each. Personally, I don’t particularly enjoy refinishing chairs, … Continue Reading →
Upcycled Stool – Child’s Table and Chair Last week I showed you all how I repurposed this thrift store find, a wooden bar stool, into a much shorter, antique looking, milking stool. When I cut off my soon to be … Continue Reading →
Chalkboard Serving Tray I have a super easy project for you today but you may have to wait for Thrift stores to reopen before you can get your supplies. I used an old metal serving tray but frankly, any smooth, … Continue Reading →
Barrel Stave Candle Holder Last week I shared with you my first barrel stave project, a 4 bottle wine rack. From the 5 barrel staves I picked up, this is stave #3. Yup, I only need one barrel slat for this … Continue Reading →
Last month we took a quick weekend trip to the beach with my sister and her husband. On one of the days, while the hubbys hit the golf course the wives headed for a flea market. The flea market was … Continue Reading →
I must admit that when I first saw this table at the local thrift store it was not love at first sight. I was not in love with someone else’s vacation photos, photos do not make for a nice flat surface … Continue Reading →
I was visiting my sister last week. She’s laid up with a broken foot, she had had surgery the day before and was in need of a rootbeer float. Besides in pain, she was rather bummed that her flea market … Continue Reading →
Last month my mother-in-law celebrated her 84th birthday. In the spring she had a health scare that we were sure she would not be able to shake and that there would be no more birthdays. A combination of diabetes, pneumonia, … Continue Reading →