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Tag: upcycling

Flea Market Flip, Upcycled Wire Spool Table

  • By Joan
  • January 8, 2020
  • 8 Comments

Upcycled Wire Spool Table Do you remember my flea market haul from back in August? Today I’m tackling one more of of those projects.  I’m calling this a wire spool but frankly I don’t know what it is.  It has … Continue Reading →

Flea Market Find, Drawer Shelf DIY

  • By Joan
  • October 23, 2019
  • 5 Comments

Drawer Shelves, Upcycled and Recycled DIY We’re headed back to my pile of flea market finds today with this pair of old desk drawers.  The boxes are in good shape with dovetail corners and oak fronts.  They are about to become a fantastic … Continue Reading →

Upcycled Candlestick Lamps

  • By Joan
  • November 15, 2018
  • 3 Comments

I have another thrift store makeover for you.  You may see a couple of huge candlesticks but I see a set of matching lamps.  By now, you should know that anything I find that is tall and skinny and I can … Continue Reading →

Decor and Upcycling Inspiration from all Over

  • By Joan
  • October 22, 2018
  • 6 Comments

If you look at the top of any of my pages you’ll see a category labeled, Scavenger Files.  Scavenger Files is where I’ve pulled together a bunch of miscellaneous pictures I’ve gathered on my travels.  Things that inspire me, found … Continue Reading →

Upcycled Vintage Shutter Magazine Rack

  • By Joan
  • October 14, 2018
  • 2 Comments

I have one more shutter project for you and if you’re keeping track this is shutter project number 26.  Don’t believe me, you can find my gallery of shutter projects here. This shutter comes to me from my good friend and … Continue Reading →

Upcycling a Rusty V8 Hubcap

  • By Joan
  • July 14, 2017
  • 9 Comments

Three years ago I picked up a couple of rusty hubcaps at a yard sale. They were part of a bigger haul which included some of what you see below. The hubcaps are sitting on the table, but besides those, here … Continue Reading →

Spring Break Upcycling and Recycling Inspiration

  • By Joan
  • April 20, 2017
  • 19 Comments

You may or may not have noticed that I didn’t post anything last week.  Hubby and I took off on a spring break with stops in Virginia, Ohio and Illinois. I did have my camera handy and whenever I saw anything … Continue Reading →

Treasure Hunting in an old Farm House

  • By Joan
  • February 23, 2017
  • 7 Comments

Have you ever seen the show American Pickers?  Two guys, Mike and Frank, travel the country in search of treasures that they can sell at their antique store in Iowa.  Sometimes they’ll get a referral, but very often they’ll just … Continue Reading →

Old Typewriter Desk gets a Makeover

  • By Joan
  • August 23, 2015
  • 21 Comments

Last year I wrote about the Route 11 Yard Crawl in Virginia and earlier in the month I had the pleasure of returning.  This time I was accompanied by not just my 2 sisters, but 2 sons as well as … Continue Reading →

Upcycled Vise and Door Latch

  • By Joan
  • November 5, 2014
  • 7 Comments

Add to Flipboard Magazine. Over the weekend my sister invited the family over just for the heck of it. There was no holiday, no birthday, no crisis….it was how she put it,  “family time, it’s about time.”  A cold windy afternoon … Continue Reading →

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