Recycled and Upcycled Projects for your Home
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 →
Using Painters Tape with No Bleeding I picked up this thrift store bed tray table recently from the thrift store. And since he was in need of a new paint job, I figured this was a great project for how … 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 →
IKEA Moppe Cabinet with Wine Crate Drawer Fronts Welcome back friends. I’d like to introduce you to my latest thrift store find. An IKEA Moppe cabinet that someone has lovingly painted with labels for all their art supplies. While I … Continue Reading →
Curb Rescue, Painted Buffet Hi friends, welcome back. Let me introduce to you my latest curbside rescue. A very nice wooden buffet just waiting for me to take him home and give him a makeover. While this piece looks like … Continue Reading →
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 →
Small Pallet Wood Christmas Tree Collar This is my latest thrift store find, a sad little Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Yes, more than one person in the store remarked that I had a Charlie Brown Christmas tree in my cart. … Continue Reading →
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 →
Aging Pottery with Spackle and Dirt I’ve been wanting to texturize a pot with spackle and dirt for some time now and I’ve finally found my victim. This guy is a $12 thrift store find and the perfect shape for … Continue Reading →
Aging a Galvanized Napkin Holder Above you’ll see one of my latest thrift store finds, a very nice and shiny galvanized metal napkin holder. It’s simple, it’s plain, it does what it is supposed to do, hold napkins, and at … Continue Reading →
Thrifted Dining Chair Makeover DIY My latest edition of HGTV magazine featured this beautiful dining set. The magazine was not actually advertising the dining set, just the mismatched pendants from IKEA above the table. They also didn’t give any information … Continue Reading →
Faux Concrete Paint with Baking Soda This one is for all my crafting friends out there. I’ve collected these birds and the candlesticks over the past few weeks in hopes of trying a faux concrete paint finish using chalk paint … Continue Reading →
Easy Thrift Store Makeovers with White Chalk Paint Last week I found this pair of wooden plaques at a local thrift store. At $6 each I had to have them. I was having a good day, it was the same … Continue Reading →
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 →
DIY Frame with a Thrift Store Find I’m so proud and excited to introduce you to the newest addition to our family, our grandson, Isaac Michael. This sweet little angel arrived last Thursday, weighing in at only 6lbs 9 oz. … Continue Reading →
Throw Rug Pillow Cover, Thrift Store Makeover Welcome back! I know I skipped a post last week but I was on vacation with the family in beautiful Gatlinburg, Tennessee. We rented a wonderful log cabin overlooking the Smoky Mountains. Lots … 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 →