During the summer, when my sister and her 4 kids came for a visit, I showed you the bounty of “junk” my nephew had found near his house and brought for me (here). One of the things he brought, was the tattered remains from a small antique suitcase. The only thing left was the wooden edges and metal corner brackets, and just a bit of the original cardboard. I loved it – especially the brackets and wanted to come up {Read More}
World Travels – Repurposed Antique Suitcase & Map Pages Mixed Media Wall Art
December 21, 2013 by 15 Comments
Repurposed Antique Cabinet Door into Chalkboard
December 16, 2013 by 4 Comments
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}
Easy Christmas Crafts
December 3, 2013 by 16 Comments
I’m thrilled with all of the holiday projects that were shared at last week’s party! I’m featuring 4 of my favorite easy Christmas crafts that all include tutorials, and were all repurposed from other items. I absolutely love this Christmas wall art that Tanya @ Twelve O Eight made out of canning jar lids. This rustically pretty Birch Bark Tree Topper was created by Melissa @ Shabby Love. Adina @ Simply Country Life gave her old measuring tins some Christmas charm with burlap, {Read More}
Repurposed Christmas Candle Holder Centerpieces
December 2, 2013 by 38 Comments
I always struggle to figure out what to use as a centerpiece on my kitchen table during the Christmas season. It’s hard to find one that doesn’t take up too much of the table, and doesn’t visually get in the way of seeing people sitting across the table from you, but I finally came up with one that was easy, inexpensive, and fits perfectly on a table. I come across small vintage tart tins and Jellos molds in thrift {Read More}
Repurposed Book Pages…The Stockings Were Hung
November 25, 2013 by 8 Comments
Last week, I showed you the antique headboard that I turned into a coat rack. I listed it in my shop, but figured it might not sell for awhile, so I decided to keep it in my living room and use it to hang my family’s Christmas stockings on. I wanted to add something vintage Christmasy-looking to the center of the headboard, so I drew a small stocking template, then used it to cut a bunch of little stockings out {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 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! 🙂
