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Upcycled Hand Cart Coffee Table Version II

  • By Joan
  • June 17, 2018
  • 1 Comment

Welcome back.  Today I have one more hand truck, hand cart, dolly (whatever you want to call it) upcycle for you.  I love upcycling flea market finds into coffee tables and this is my second dolly to coffee table transformation.  You … Continue Reading →

A Crib, Pallets and a Kitchen Cabinet

  • By Joan
  • June 16, 2017
  • 3 Comments

A crib, pallet and kitchen cabinets, didn’t think they went together did you? The crib was found in a dumpster.  I don’t usually crawl into dumpsters looking for treasures…I do have some pride… but this crib was sticking out of the … Continue Reading →

Scavenged Treasures by the Stream

  • By Joan
  • March 6, 2017
  • 8 Comments

Behind my house, down past the pallet garden, the pallet wood  signpost and an old apple tree…down past the storm drainage pond, runs a tiny little stream. I can’t say my kids played in the stream very much when they … Continue Reading →

Upcycled Feedbag Ottoman

  • By Joan
  • October 10, 2016
  • 7 Comments

All last week I was showing you the orphan projects I had made while I was on the hunt for the perfect stool for a feedbag makeover.  I could have easily made a stool out of wood, but I was … Continue Reading →

Upcycled Hand Cart Coffee Table

  • By Joan
  • September 4, 2016
  • 17 Comments

Welcome back and Happy Labor Day Weekend. If you remember my trip to the 40 mile yard crawl a couple of week ago I showed you all my treasures and I promised you I would soon have a great makeover for … Continue Reading →

Future home for my Fine Feathered Friends

  • By Joan
  • February 11, 2016
  • 24 Comments

Last Christmas my brother-in-law gave me this great teapot planted with a beautiful green plant.  Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for me to kill the beautiful green plant. The leaves started dropping like it was fall and soon it was an … Continue Reading →

Vintage Style Oyster Sign diy

  • By Joan
  • October 19, 2015
  • 9 Comments

Have you ever been given a sign by the universe that you should follow a certain course of action?  Well my sign from the universe was really a sign.  An oyster sign. I spotted my first and second sign in … Continue Reading →

Making a Bench from leftover Spindles

  • By Joan
  • September 3, 2015
  • 10 Comments

Several weeks ago, my youngest brother showed up on my front doorstep with 2 doors, lots of indoor shutters, a little bit of beadboard and over 40 spindles (sometimes called balusters).  He had been cleaning out his garage and thought I … Continue Reading →

Pallet Garden vs. Pallet Garden

  • By Joan
  • August 6, 2015
  • 18 Comments

Before I get into my pallet garden comparison… I want to share with you my sad sad story.  A long long time ago I used to have a great vegetable garden.  It wasn’t the biggest garden in the world but … Continue Reading →

Sunflower Seed Packet Sign

  • By Joan
  • July 12, 2015
  • 19 Comments

  Remember when I hit the scavenging jackpot a couple of weeks ago. I had the pleasure of  digging thru the props room of a theatre company. As a reminder, below you can see some of my goodies. I already … Continue Reading →

Railroad Spike Coat Rack diy

  • By Joan
  • March 8, 2015
  • 17 Comments

Add to Flipboard Magazine. When my brother-in-law visited last week he brought me a fantastic present…a couple of pieces of old wood that he had pulled out of a house he was renovating. What was most interesting was that this … Continue Reading →

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