Recycled and Upcycled Projects for your Home
Upcycled Salad Bowl, Belted Mirror DIY I have another thrift store upcycle for you today. This time I’m working with an old salad bowl. Besides the salad bowl you’ll also need a craft mirror that fits inside your bowl, upholstery … Continue Reading →
Mirror Makeover Halloween Face in the Mirror, DIY Several years ago I showed you how to make a spooky face in an old window just in time for Halloween. There was this doll face, above, and also another creepy head … Continue Reading →
Thrift Store MIrror Makeover with Plaster Lath Lately, I’ve been doing several projects with these skinny little plaster lath strips. What’s not to like? They’re full of character and they’re like rough pallet wood only thinner. Once I found out … 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 →
Usually I know exactly where I’ve found my supplies, whether the thrift store, a dump, a architectural salvage store, curbside, dumpster, flea market, auctions, friends or family, but I really have no idea where this mirror came from. It’s an … Continue Reading →
To tell you the truth, I had no plans to work on a mirror project today. I’m currently halfway thru a set of matching side tables made from a couple of old house vents. The tables are actually going rather well but I … Continue Reading →
Todays project takes my old favorite, pallet wood, paired with an inexpensive cast off mirror,(I think it used to be a bathroom mirror), and some rusty strips of metal. They are all combined to give a fairly easy mirror makeover. … Continue Reading →
Inspiration can strike anyone, anywhere. It’s easy to be inspired on Pinterest with the thousands, if not millions of projects floating around the webosphere. Walking into an antique store gets my mind racing with the possibilities. As does, browsing online … Continue Reading →
Last week I showed you highlights of my trip to Black Dog Salvage, the Salvage Company that is the basis for the TV show, Salvage Dawgs. At the salvage yard I picked up tons of ideas, but only one item … Continue Reading →
Add to Flipboard Magazine. DIY Oyster Shell Mirror Today we’re creating our own DIY Oyster Shell Mirror. You can tell just by looking at this mirror that this project is perfect for me. It’s Scavenger Chic at it’s finest in … Continue Reading →