Thank you all for your prayers and well wishes. My son and I arrived in New Mexico, and while I’m spending this evening with family, my blogging buddy Marie is here to share how she transformed an accent table with a shopping bag, and it turned out amazing. Take it away, Marie!
Repurpose a Paint Can into Hanging Flower Holder
January 3, 2016 by 8 Comments
Repurpose a Paint Can: A few days ago, my husband and I were walking around Lowes, and I spotted empty paint cans that could be purchased, and it jogged my memory that I had one out in my workshop I could repurpose. I’ve had it for several years, and don’t even remember where I bought it. When I got home, I dug it out of the workshop. (and I really did have to dig for it – what a disaster it {Read More}
Cable Spool Coffee Station
December 26, 2015 by 20 Comments
Hey there, everyone! During downtime between our morning Christmas festivities yesterday, and going to the movie theater in the afternoon, I kicked back, relaxed, and caught up on reading all of the blog comments you all have left in the last few weeks. November and December are such busy months, that I didn’t get to read every comment. But I thoroughly enjoyed catching up on them. Thank you all so much for taking the time to leave them. I do {Read More}
Chippy Door and Salvaged Hardware Wall Hook
October 14, 2015 by 12 Comments
I finished a quickie little project today, which is all I’ve had time or energy for lately, between my dad being in the hospital and having bronchitis. The good news is, my dad is supposed to get released from the hospital tomorrow. He is chomping at the bit to get out and get back home. I’m feeling a bit better after finishing my antibiotics, but the persistent cough wears me out and the doctor said it could take a month {Read More}
Upcycled Wood Frame Handled Tray
October 12, 2015 by 11 Comments
I’ve been in a bit of a creative shlump lately. What I really want to do is finish up my entryway, but my husband needed to bring home more pallets and hang the boards on the walls, and I had a hard time thinking beyond that. I decided to roam out to my workshop (AKA “the PIT”). Venturing in there is a risky idea, because it’s filled to the rafters with junk. I can seriously barely find a place to step, {Read More}
Just Put a Plant in It! – Repurposed Planters
September 2, 2015 by 20 Comments
Remember how recently I was ranting and hating on thrift stores and most of you joined in my rant? Could you please have a memory lapse, and forget I said all that? Oh good! Let the forgetting begin… … So, last weekend one of our old thrift stores moved into a shiny new building, and they were stocked to their rafters with stuff for the grand re-opening. For the first time in quite some time, I found some good deals – in {Read More}
Turn a Drawer into a Farmhouse Cabinet
August 9, 2015 by 21 Comments
Thanks to all of your for your sympathy over the computer I drowned in the bathtub and the photos that were lost on it. My husband was able to recover some photos, but some months are missing, and I’m still looking through them to see what photos are left that he was able to find since he last backed up the hard drive. I still feel pretty dumb for drowning it, but you all were such good sympathizers, I feel {Read More}
Repurposed Drafting Tool Photo Display
August 5, 2015 by 4 Comments
Remember when the world wide web was still a novelty, and the joke getting forwarded through email said something to the effect of “you’ve reached the end of the internet?” Truthfully, I sorta freaked out the first time I got one of those emails. I was just started to grasp just how amazing the internet was, and discovering that I could search for absolutely anything, and I’d find something on the web about it. I remember being so relieved to {Read More}
Old Tools Wall Hooks
August 2, 2015 by 8 Comments
I’ve only been to a handful of yard sales this year, but I hit a gold mine at the very first one I went to in the spring It was my idea of a gold mine anyway! There was a whole table full of old tools and I bought every one of them – and a tool box as well. The more worn out a tool is, the more likely I am to get it cheap, and the less likely {Read More}
Keeping Time – a Repurposed Chair and Horse Business
July 31, 2015 by 13 Comments
Normally today would be Farmhouse Friday, but I went to lunch and ran errands with my daughter and didn’t get it finished, so I thought I’d talk about something else… So did I mention our pasture flooded a few weeks ago? If I did I forgot, so I’m assuming you did too. Anyhow, the water was so strong, it carried grass and branch debris over the fence wires, which was so heavy it broke the fence. What does that have to {Read More}
