I’m not a super “wanty” person (is that a word?) but I want a barn door in my house …and I want one bad. What does it matter that we really don’t have any space to put one? I’m still holding out the hope that somehow I can talk my husband into making one. I’ll figure out the little details, like where we’d install it … later. While I patiently wait for him to agree with me that we {Read More}
Antique Ephemera and Rusty Scissors
February 25, 2015 by 21 Comments
There’s a fine line between owning collections and hoarding collections. I think I may be leaning just a wee bit too far on the hoarding side of the line. ….actually, I think I the line may have gotten buried under my hoard. It all started quite innocently. I bought a small stack of antique magazines several years ago at an auction. I instantly fell in love with the amazing advertisements in them. The rest was history…I became like {Read More}
Rolling Pin Recipe Card Holder
February 23, 2015 by 8 Comments
I’ve brought home quite a few vintage rolling pins from yard sales and flea markets, but I usually love them as they are, and generally just like to display them, but discovered a rolling pin in my stash last week that I wouldn’t want to display. I don’t even remember buying it, but it had a dark stain in the wood that looked very unattractive. I’m not sure what I was thinking when I bought it, but I figured it was {Read More}
Repurposed Jeans Pocket Apron
February 22, 2015 by 18 Comments
Those of you who follow me on Facebook, may have seen a tutorial that I shared from another Facebook page, for a repurposed jeans pocket apron. I thought it was such a great and super easy idea, that I decided to try it right away, before I could forget about it. For those of you who didn’t see it, I thought I’d share how it turned out. We all have jeans that either don’t fit, or are stained, so this is a {Read More}
Fresh Apples for an Enamelware Pot
February 20, 2015 by 17 Comments
Several years ago, I brought home this enamelware pot from an auction. I’m not exactly sure how it was originally used, but it’s shaped like a flower pot, and my best guess is it may have been part of a double boiler. If you know, please let me know! I actually got two of them, and when I bid on them, I assumed they just needed a little cleaning to remove the darkened areas around the outside, but I was wrong. I {Read More}
Dog Tired – Repurposed Drawer Pet Bed
February 18, 2015 by 21 Comments
Last year when my son went off to college, I don’t know who had a harder time with it, me or his dog, Pico. Pico seemed “lost” for several weeks after he left, and it broke my heart. He would sit in the front yard and look down our gravel road, and I know he was looking for my son. He didn’t know what to do with himself inside the house, because he was used to following my son wherever {Read More}
So Simple Candle Holders
February 6, 2015 by 35 Comments
I think I need to make a K.I.S.S. sign (keep it simple stupid), and hang it where I can see it ever single day. I frequently bring things home from thrift stores and auctions, even if I have no idea what I’m going to do with them, and usually it doesn’t take long before an idea comes to me, but I’ve had 4 of these little vintage tins for over a year, and I don’t know how many times I’ve {Read More}
Salvaged Wood Organization Station
February 4, 2015 by 16 Comments
I used to be super duper organized when it came to mundane tasks…like paying bills, meal planning, and Christmas and grocery shopping. Used. To. Be. ~ On Dec. 26th every year, I started my new Christmas shopping list, so whenever the kids mentioned something they wanted, I added it to the list, and scouted for bargains throughout the year. When I purchased something on the list, I changed the typed item into bold print, so I knew I had purchased {Read More}
Wood Scraps and Antique Photographs
February 1, 2015 by 24 Comments
Recently, I bought a bulk pack of old ephemera on Ebay, and included were several antique photographs. Unfortunately, several of them were damaged or very faded. I’ll be honest – I almost pitched them, but once I looked at them more closely, and saw the people, not just a damaged photo, I couldn’t do it. I had to find something I could do with the photos, that allowed them to “live on”, while not just becoming a piece of paper scrap {Read More}
Making Antique Style Apothecary Bottles
January 23, 2015 by 20 Comments
Over the summer, I brought home several boxes filled with old bottles. There were old medicine bottles, perfume bottles, alcohol bottles, and soda bottles – just about any kind of bottle you can imagine. I sold some of them in my shop, but hadn’t decided what to do with the rest, so I put them back in the boxes, and promptly forgot about them, until I was decluttering this week and stumbled across them.
