When my guy cleans out his closet, he brings me his cast offs and says, “Do you want these for anything?” Of course I always do. This time he handed…
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.
Have you ever found an object but didn’t know what it was for but bought it because you saw it had potential? When thrift store shopping with friends I saw…
I saw an old bed frame for $15.00 at the thrift store and decided to see if I could rebuild it and make a bench similar to the ones floating…
While browsing a thrift store this little beat-up, neglected luggage rack caught my eye. It just needed a make-over and it would be good as new. First I took off…
Sometimes you have to let life turn you upside down, so you can learn how to live, right side up. -unknown This little wall cabinet was found at a local…
Occasionally, okay a lot, I see something and it becomes something else other than what it’s intended purpose is. For example, I couldn’t wait for the syrup to be used…
Creativity comes in many forms, some purely decorative and some for function. I love lamps and feel they can finish a room just as jewelry completes an outfit. Lamps can…
While at the thrift store with a friend, I found a coffee table that had a space for two panes of glass on top. Of course the glass was missing…
It is fun to take something old and give it a new purpose. When I saw this high school wood shop candelabra project at our local thrift store, I thought…
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