We got about 5-6″ of snow Friday night and Saturday morning, so it looks like a winter wonderland outside my house. The roads are all clear now, but being snowed in all day Saturday had its benefits – one of which was being able to stay home and get a lot of work done. I started sewing new Christmas stockings for my family, and started working on a book page wreath and a chalkboard that some customers ordered. I created a {Read More}
Repurposed Antique FootboardTurned into a Coat Rack
November 18, 2013 by 7 Comments
I bought this antique bed footboard at an auction last week and decided to turn it into a coat rack. Here’s how it turned out. I’m absolutely in love with it! The details on it are gorgeous, so it just needed to be painted and given light distressing. I would love to have kept it, but since I don’t have a place for it right now, I listed it in my Etsy shop, and it sold quickly. Whenever we get our {Read More}
Many Shades
November 16, 2013 by 10 Comments
Is anyone else still trying to get used to the time change? My body just hasn’t gotten accustomed to it and as soon as it gets dark, I’m yawning and ready for bed. My oldest son is coming home for the weekend and arrives late this evening, so I’m going to catch a few winks now so I’ll be able to visit with him tonight. While I’m pulling the shades to get some rest, I thought I’d show you some {Read More}
On the Workbench & Mama’s Boys
November 7, 2013 by 15 Comments
I hope you all aren’t sick of seeing my tiered stands, because I have several more to show you – it’s what my husband and I worked on last week. I had a waiting list of people who have requested them through my shop, so my husband and I have been making them as quickly I come across the right components to make them. I love the patina on these kitchen colanders paired with the white spindles. I generally design {Read More}
Repurposed Overalls Autumn Wall Pocket Alternative Wreath
October 30, 2013 by 15 Comments
Our Junkers United team has been at it again, turning old junk into funky, unique decor and useful things. This time our focus is on FALL! If your a new visitor – WELCOME! I’m Angie, the author behind the old stuff here at Knick of Time and owner of the Knick of Time online market. ~You can see all my Repurposed Vintage projects HERE, ~view the progress of our farm-country home remodel HERE ~and get my free printable Antique Graphics HERE. You can {Read More}
Repurposed Shirt Footstool – {My War Against the Clothes Hanger}
October 18, 2013 by 12 Comments
It’s starting to get more than a little depressing, that my quest for a lightweight, breezy white shirt keeps ending with the shirt looking better on the hanger than it does on me. I think I’ve been looking at Pinterest boards too long because for the last year I’ve wanted a really lightweight, white crinkled shirt that looks totally relaxed and flowing-in-the-breezish. You know the kind I’m talking about, right? Well, I hate shopping for clothes, so believe it or {Read More}
Repurposed Books Coat Rack Junker’s Unite
October 15, 2013 by 37 Comments
Every home needs a coat rack, but I love old books, and wanted to find a way to to find a way to incorporate them into useful decor and not just a stack of dust collectors, so I turned the into a coat rack, so you can literally hang on every word! 🙂
Mixed Media Photo Frames – {Rising Up from the Broken Remains}
October 10, 2013 by 8 Comments
I break glass. About 50% of the time it’s intentional – like when I need to remove glass panes from old windows. The other 50% of the time – it’s because I’m a total klutz. In my house, I’m famous (can you be famous in your own house?), for accidentally breaking glass. It would be funny, if it wasn’t so pathetic how often it happens. My workshop overfloweth with junk, so I have an old chair hanging by 1 large {Read More}
Take the Scenic Route – Antique Automobile Window Sign
September 16, 2013 by 10 Comments
I love it when I stumble across something unique at a yard sale or flea market, that I know I’m unlikely to come across again. A few weeks ago, I got an antique car windshield at a yard sale and that was definitely the first time I’d ever found one of those. The man selling it had several of them, but the rest had broken pieces off the glass, so I only purchased this one. I debated a few different {Read More}
Chalkboards, Tiered Stands & Signs
September 9, 2013 by 8 Comments
We’re having another heatwave here in Illinois, and had just enough moisture to make it really humid. I’ve been keeping busy, little by little working on my way through random things in my workshop that have long been waiting for their turn to get a makeover – like this wooden tray turned chalkboard tray. These parts from an antique sewing machine stand become little chalkboards. My husband helped me put together a few more tiered stands. This one is made {Read More}
