When we went to visit family in New Mexico during the summer, my in-laws had been cleaning house, and sent me home with some things they no longer wanted, or didn’t have a place for. One of the things my father-in-law asked me if I wanted was a toolbox that had some of his father’s old tools in it. I adore old tools, so I couldn’t pass up ones that belonged to my husband’s grandfather. I wanted to do something special with {Read More}
Farmhouse Friday – Baskets and Bins
October 22, 2015 by 17 Comments
Today for Farmhouse Friday, I picked a topic that’s a borderline obsession with me – baskets and bins! I love buying them, upcycling them, and repurposing them, and I use them in every room in my house, as I’m sure you do too. I’ve got a big round-up of ways to use baskets and bins in your farmhouse decor!
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}
Farmhouse Friday – Repurposed Doors and Windows
October 2, 2015 by 18 Comments
Thanks so much to all of your for your prayers and sweet comments about my father’s fall and fractured hip. His surgery went well, and he should be moving into the rehab unit at the hospital in the next day or so. In addition to getting back to walking, our big concern is that he’ll be able to comfortably sit in a car when it’s time to return home. My parents drove here, so our tentative plan is that I’ll drive them {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}
Just Add Coffee!
July 27, 2015 by 6 Comments
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you know that my husband and I went with our 4 kids to do some canoeing and kayaking over the weekend. It’s becoming our tradition to do this each summer, and I look forward to it every year. We usually do it on a Saturday, but my my oldest son’s work schedule conflicted with that, so we did it on Sunday this time, and that’s the only day I want to do {Read More}
Bugs, Grease, and an Antique Cutting Board
July 15, 2015 by 39 Comments
Old barns have the best stuff in them, and there was a fair amount of stuff in our barn when we bought our house. At first glance, you wouldn’t have thought there was anything really worth keeping, but that’s what makes a barn a good mine – you have to dig for the good stuff, and you have to be willing to look beyond layers of dirt and, creepy crawlies, and spider webs. One of the things we uncovered was an old wooden crate. {Read More}
