While in Home Depot once again, I walked by the after Christmas clearance Poinsettia plants and hanging on the rack by them are these cute burlap bags for less than…
This is another trash to treasure project. My daughter Deb told me that if she saw that pile of junk in her garage she would sigh and think, “Ugh, I…
It makes me happy that my daughters and I share common interests such as sewing. A conversation over fabric collections and patterns is not uncommon. When my youngest daughter went…
I have always been able to see something cast off made into something beautiful. This pile of collected objects all came from a thrift store over a period of about…
After the makeover on this bench, I had a large triangle of buffalo checked fabric left over from cutting bias to make the piping. I had this lamp body that…
This upholstered bench was a beat up, dinged up coffee table that was given to one of my daughters. A puppy had chewed up the…
I wish I had taken before and after photos of my process with this chair. I started almost a year ago (long before I started this blog) and got discouraged…
This is a simple quick project perfect for Mother’s Day or any other occasion. I had some pieces of upholstery webbing left over from an upholstery project (coming soon) and…
Sometimes a chair takes up too much room and this is the case in my small sewing area. I found this small bench that the cushion lifts off providing a…
We have been sanding, painting, and fixing up stuff again. Here is the latest projects, an old desk and a Thomasville chair that needed new personalities.
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