Does salvage make you feel just a wee bit giddy? I’m really not a giddy kind of gal, but when I see something made of old wood that is broken, my heart rate speeds up a bit! I know a lot of people are sensitive when comes to antique pieces, and don’t like to see them painted or repurposed, but when I find something that is broken, I feel okay about tinkering with them. This cute little drawer was originally the {Read More}
4 Chalkboard Projects and Time-Saving Tips
January 8, 2015 by 17 Comments
I’ve had a lot of people leave comments over the last few years, wondering how I get so many projects done each week, so I thought I’d share a few of my secrets. 1. First of all, I know many of you are employed outside the home. I am not. Both my blog and my shop ARE my business, and both were started because I am a homeschooling mom, and if I was to bring in any income, it needed to {Read More}
Repurposed Drawers and Crates for Craft Supplies
December 27, 2014 by 5 Comments
Does anyone else have a hard time getting back into the swing of things after Christmas? I feel like until I get all the decorations and the tree taken down, it’s hard to do much else, but I did work on a little organizational project today. When we “remodeled” one wall in the kitchen to install an oven range hood (seen here), and removed the little crates that held my spices, I wanted to find a new use for them. {Read More}
How to Get the Look of Antique Wooden Embellishments
December 4, 2014 by 5 Comments
I have a thing for antique bed headboards and footboards, and have been fortunate to get quite a few of them at auctions at prices that blew me away. Unfortunately, none of them were the right size for my bed, and they are hard to sell online, because the shipping often costs more than what I charge for them. This was an antique headboard that I turned into a coat rack (more about it here). Not only did it have a {Read More}
Farmhouse Meets Industrial Wall Bins
November 17, 2014 by 17 Comments
Obviously, farmhouse style is my favorite style, but if I had a 2nd home, I would go a totally different direction with it. Should living in the country ever become too much work to maintain as my husband and I get older, I dream of finding an old building in a downtown district – one with brick walls, exposed metal pipes and wood floors – loaded with industrial style. Since I can’t have both, I have to find ways to introduce {Read More}
An Identity Crisis and more Tiered Stands
November 6, 2014 by 52 Comments
You’ve all seen my tiered stands before, so rather than talk too much about my latest batch, I want to address an issue you might be wondering about – am I going nuts? To clarify, if you are a regular reader of my blog, I’m sure you noticed that just about every time you visit, something looks different, and it looks like I’m having an identity crisis. I’ll spare you the longggg story, but did want to explain what I’m doing, and ask {Read More}
Chippy Wood and Vintage Plates Wall Display
November 2, 2014 by 14 Comments
When my mom and I hung antique Bible pages on my living room walls a few years ago, I used a few illustrated pages on a small strip of wall between the hallway, and a closet. Although the images were beautiful, I’ve always wished that I hadn’t used them, and just put the regular text pages there instead. They just look a bit out of place in my living room. I still have a few pages left from that Bible, {Read More}
a Bed Springs Vase or Candleholder
November 1, 2014 by 7 Comments
When my parents came to visit last month, my mom handed me a garbage bag full of bed springs. I was almost out of springs that came out of the cushions from my grain sack wicker couch, and these were a different shape, so I’m happy to have a new stock of the to work with now. Before I put them in my workshop, the place where things go to be forgotten for 6 months, I thought I’d whip up {Read More}
Enamelware Pie Pan Pedestal Stand and a Beautiful Autumn Day
October 29, 2014 by 13 Comments
Any fellow lovers of vintage enamelware out there? Enamelware immediately makes me think of an old farmhouse kitchen, and I never walk away from a reasonably priced piece. Many are retired from cooking and baking service, because of their condition, and those are the ones that make their way home with me! …
Repurposed Book into a Wall Hook
October 26, 2014 by 4 Comments
I was digging through my stash in my workshop, and came across a book about birds, with a pretty cover, patterned with bird feathers. I’m not even sure where I got it, but I remembered that I had a bird wall hook in my stash too, and they seemed to belong together.
