Recycled and Upcycled Projects for your Home
4 More Mini Thrift Store Makeovers Today I have 4 mini thrift store makeovers. Little fixes that require very little effort, or frankly even imagination. I’m basically taking inexpensive thrift store finds and making them useable. Hexagon Shelves First up, … Continue Reading →
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 →
Thrift Store Transformations with Paint I have 2 super easy transformations today for you using paint. The green box is straight from the thrift store and the globe on the pedestal was a gift to my husband from a coworker … Continue Reading →
DIY Table Leaf What you see here is an early 1900’s oak pedestal table that I found at the local Goodwill well over a year ago. I had no need for another table but it just happened to be half … Continue Reading →
Over Memorial weekend my local thrift store had a half price sale for everything in the store. I’ve been looking for a wooden salad bowl for a couple of months now and to find one on half price day, even … Continue Reading →
My son’s girlfriend is moving into her first apartment and I’ve been enjoying helping her find a few things to fill up her big empty space. When she needed a dresser, I matched her up with my brother who was … Continue Reading →
This is a fun project I’ve been wanting to do for a while…create a vintage mirror from glass. You know, when an old mirror has started to lose it’s silver on the back and it starts to look black around the edges. Normally … 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 →
My latest Goodwill find, a double lampshade. I must say I’ve never bought a lampshade at a thrift store before. Usually they’re kind of dated and I already have my own supply of dated lampshades. I wasn’t even shopping for … Continue Reading →
If you like before and afters this post is for you. If you head into a thrift store and have no ideas what to look for, this post is for you. Last week I shared my latest thrift store finds … Continue Reading →
On Monday I dropped off my youngest back at college. He survived his first semester only having a couple issues with Calc. 3. With a second semester about to begin, I helped reload his dorm room (did he bring everything he owned … Continue Reading →
Thirty years ago my husband and I fixed up our kitchen. We added a breakfast bar, redid counters, added a new floor. We also bought two counter height chairs for the new breakfast bar. I believe they were from one … Continue Reading →
I have another cute jewelry box for you straight from the thrift store. He spoke to me not just because he was half price ($3.00) but because he had an abundance of little drawers. I wasn’t too crazy about the … Continue Reading →
In August I picked up about a dozen treasures from a nearby flea market that I wanted to makeover or transform. I’ve managed to complete a couple of the projects, but most of my finds are still on my todo list. The … Continue Reading →
I have another super easy project for you this week. Not quite as easy as Monday’s vintage milk crate, but it’s close. At least I got out a paintbrush this time. I’m still stealing ideas from Joanna Gaines of Fixer … Continue Reading →
This week I’m sharing with you two thrift store makeovers, that you could also use for your holiday gift giving. This is a salt and pepper grinder I found at a local thrift store. There is actually nothing wrong with them, but that … Continue Reading →