I’ve been sitting down on the job again, working on more projects with old chairs. Believe it or not, even after all the chair projects I did a few weeks ago, I still have more chairs left in my workshop. Seriously, where they all came from, I don’t know, because I don’t even remember buying them all. Anyway, I have this long counter in my workshop that I’d love to actually do some work on, but it’s been stacked up {Read More}
Quirky Candle Holder
January 19, 2013 by 32 Comments
Ask anyone who knows me personally, and they’ll tell you I have a few quirks. Quite a few quirks, in fact. So, it’s no big surprise that I like to make things that are a little on the strange side.Last week, I shared 6 projects made out of salvaged chair parts, but I still had quite a few parts left over from the arm chair I dismantled. I had the curved piece that formerly made the front of the chair seat. {Read More}
Don’t Just Sit There – Repurposed Chair Parts
January 3, 2013 by 45 Comments
Don’t Just Sit There – Repurposed Chair Parts I have a bunch of old, broken chairs out in my workshop that have been hanging on my walls and taking up space, so I decided to finally do something with a few of them this week. I bought 3 of this style of chair at an auction. This one had a broken seat, and the other 2 only had seats – no back rests. Originally I thought maybe I could combine 2 of them to get 1 complete {Read More}
Angie, Get Your Gun!
December 22, 2012 by 7 Comments
I love old wood. I especially like unusual old wood. When I’m at an auction, I’m always on the lookout for really old wood, preferably on things that are broken or missing parts, because those are often the things other people don’t want. When I spotted this old wooden shotgun stock, that appears someone intended to make a gun with, I couldn’t pass it up. I wasn’t sure what I would do with it, I just know my bidding finger {Read More}
Thursday’s Theme {Signs}
December 20, 2012 by 5 Comments
I’m still in the process of working on this week’s theme, so I don’t have it ready to share yet, but in the meantime, I’ll show you a roundup of signs I’ve created. I’m also working on a new batch of coat racks – still trying to make a bigger dent in my wood pile. Some of these signs, I know I’ve shared with you before; some I haven’t….I think. Seriously, there are days I can’t remember if I actually wrote {Read More}
I Gotta Book
December 8, 2012 by 5 Comments
Back in September, I shared these book stacks that I’d put together for my shop. All but one of them have sold, so it was “time to book” again. I really love putting book stacks together. I love finding books that look beautiful grouped together – and they are one of my favorite things to photograph. This is my favorite newest book stack. I had 3 red books in my book piles that were all missing their spine covers. I {Read More}
Thursday’s Theme – OuT oF tHe OrDiNaRy Photo Displays}
December 6, 2012 by 11 Comments
While I love traditional photo frames, I think it’s a fun challenge to find unusual ways to display photos – even more so if you can create a photo display from something that would have been junk otherwise. I’ve shared some of these ideas in the past, but I thought a round-up of ideas really helps demonstrate that nearly anything can be used to display a photo. Recently, I shared these old cameras that I converted into photo holders (more {Read More}
Point & Shoot
November 30, 2012 by 14 Comments
Today I’m going to talk to you about Point and Shoot. Specifically, about pointing and shooting a can of spray paint at your old point and shoot camera, to turn it into a photo display stand. I have a few cameras in my junk drawers that have been retired from service. I don’t like donating them to thrift stores, because unless they are collectible cameras, no one else wants an old camera that may or may not work, so thrift {Read More}
Repurposed Tape Measure DIY Projects
November 29, 2012 by 17 Comments
As usual, I found myself working on theme items this week for my shop. I don’t usually try think of themes to work on…they just happen. A customer asked me to create 3 measuring tape bracelets for her and I only had one made up, so I got busy making some more. Then someone else ordered another one, and someone else ordered another one. I knew my week was going to be filled with numbers. I decided to create some {Read More}
Thursday’s Theme {headboard coat racks}
November 1, 2012 by 49 Comments
I have no idea why I have such an addiction to old headboards, but I do. I don’t have a booth anywhere, so I have no place to sell them, but I just keep bringing them home with me. I currently have 12 of them in my workshop and had to come up with some projects to create from them, so my husband won’t complain about my addiction. This one does double-duty as a chalkboard! There are 3-stem coat hooks {Read More}
