What is it? Thrift Store Edition
What is it? Thrift Store Edition I hit the thrift stores about once a week and most things I’ve either seen before or I can take a good guess at what they may be used for. Take your best guess … Continue Reading →
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Outdated Word Signs Reimagined – 3 Easy Makeovers
Outdated Word Signs Reimagined -3 Easy Makeovers You can always tell what trendy fad is no longer trending. That’s what you’ll find in the thrift store. And what I’m seeing a lot of are these word signs…you know, live, laugh, … Continue Reading →
School Year Picture Frame Ideas and DIY
School Year Picture Frame Ideas and DIY Welcome back friends. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are all ready for some new projects. I’m starting out the New Year with a school years photo frame requested by … Continue Reading →
Trashed Antique Table, Refinished and Modernized
Trashed Antique Table, Refinished and Modernized Welcome back, today I have for you another dump find. An antique tabletop, stained, peeling, slightly falling apart with no legs or pedestal in sight. On the plus side, the tabletop is solid wood. … Continue Reading →
Upcycled Brass Pole 4 Ways
Upcycled Brass Pole 4 Ways I’ve been working on a wooden table all week and that is what I planned to bring you today. So close, but that project is still tacky and not quite ready for his closeup so … Continue Reading →
$5 Goodwill Find, Refinishing a Vintage Oak Captain’s Chair
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 →
Thrift Store Side Table, To Paint or Not to Paint
Thrift Store Side Table, To Paint or Not to Paint Today I’m tackling this cute little side table I picked up from a flea market a few years ago. Sitting in my storage room for all those years, his … Continue Reading →
4 More Mini Thrift Store Makeovers
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 →
Upcycled Brake Drum Side Table
Upcycled Brake Drum Side Table If you love making something useful out of various odds and ends I have a great side table for you. This one uses 2 thrift store finds, a candlestick and a table top, plus a … Continue Reading →
IKEA Moppe Cabinet with Wine Crate Drawer Fronts
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 →
Vintage Spindle Christmas Trees
Vintage Spindle Christmas Trees Hi friends, welcome back. One of my most pinned ideas from last year’s 75 homemade gift ideas roundup were these artificial trees in old spindles from The Junk Chick. The Junk Chick hasn’t made a new … Continue Reading →
Flea Market Rescue, DIY Tripod Floor Lamp
Flea Market Rescue, DIY Tripod Floor Lamp Dating back to a flea market I went to in August of 2019, I am finally doing something with this old surveyors tripod. It got buried deep in my garage. It wasn’t until … Continue Reading →
Reclaimed Wood DIY Whale Wall Hanging
Reclaimed Wood DIY Whale Wall Hanging This is a whale my sister found at the thrift store last week. He’s big and beautiful measuring 8″ in height and 33″ in length. His colors were a little bold and I offered … Continue Reading →
Three Quick and Easy Furniture Fixes
Three Quick and Easy Furniture Fixes Little Red Desk One of my assignments last year while shopping for the farmhouse in Luray , Virginia, was to find a smallish desk that could be placed in the center of a … Continue Reading →
DIY Wall Propagation Station
DIY Wall Propagation Station Look what I found at my local thrift store, a box of 12 Erlenmeyer flasks. I didn’t even know I wanted a bunch of flasks, but once I saw them, I had to have them. I … Continue Reading →
3 Easy Thrift Store Makeovers
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 →
Adding Wooden Lids to Thrift Store Finds
Adding Wooden Lids to Thrift Store Finds At the thrift store you’ll often find pots, cannisters and cookie jars that have lost their lids. It’s possible that the pot never had a lid in the first place, or the lid … Continue Reading →
DIY Croquet Stand from Reclaimed Wood
DIY Croquet Stand from Reclaimed Wood For a Christmas gift this year, I found this beautiful, practically brand new, croquet set at a local thrift store. It seemed to have all the pieces and had only one slight grass stain … Continue Reading →