I break glass. About 50% of the time it’s intentional – like when I need to remove glass panes from old windows. The other 50% of the time – it’s because I’m a total klutz. In my house, I’m famous (can you be famous in your own house?), for accidentally breaking glass. It would be funny, if it wasn’t so pathetic how often it happens. My workshop overfloweth with junk, so I have an old chair hanging by 1 large {Read More}
More Bed Spring Projects
August 24, 2013 by 17 Comments
I’ve got several boxes full of old, rusty springs, so a few weeks ago I put some of them to use on some new projects. I love combining old wood with old metal, so most of my springs got added to wood in one way or another. A few rusty springs with jelly jars in them were added to a salvaged piece of tongue and groove wood. It makes a fun little candle or flower holder. Don’t these yellow flowers {Read More}
Sidewalk Chalkboard from Wooden Folding Chairs
July 11, 2013 by 35 Comments
How to turn a wooden folding chair into a standing chalkboard. Today, I want to show you one of my favorite kinds of projects. I seek out broken things at yard sales, thrift stores, and auctions, because I get a real kick out of taking something broken and turning it into something usable again. You may recall that last fall I bought 35+ antique wooden folding chairs at an auction. I sold all of them that were still in good {Read More}
Pretty Painted Clipboard Photo and Ephemera Display
July 10, 2013 by 11 Comments
I’m a bit of a clipboard addict and love using old clipboards as displays for photos and other bits and pieces of ephemera. I really love it when I find one that has developed pretty darkened patina, as this one has. I don’t mess with those – I use them as they are. Occasionally though, you find a nice old clipboard at a thrift store or yard sale, but it’s been doodled on by a student. In cases like that, {Read More}
Repurposed Bread & Cake Pans
July 9, 2013 by 12 Comments
I’m always on the lookout for old metal baking tins and have found quite a few of them recently, so I created a few projects with them. I added 2 loaf pans and a coat hook to this antique lawn mower handle. I love these old handles. I’ve found several of them, and they usually have some kind of brand typography on them and the wood has been really pretty on all of them. The loaf pans had the perfect {Read More}
When Opportunity Knocks…
May 24, 2013 by 31 Comments
Actually, opportunity didn’t knock – it called my cell phone, but the call was about a door and the lesson is the same…spread the word about being a junk lover, because you never know when someone may remember and send some wonderful junk your way. Last week, I got the phone call every junker loves to get. “Hey Angie, would you be interested in some old doors?” Now, old doors can mean cheap hollow core doors, or old doors can {Read More}
Colonial Pharmacy Sign
March 21, 2013 by 22 Comments
I’m sure you’ve figured it out by now, that I’m a little ga-ga over antique advertisements and signs. I really love taking an image from the past, and putting it onto something that can be used in today’s home. When possible, I love using the exact image, as I did in this sign, rather than just using a font to copy the wording. I used this antique pharmacy label that I shared with you for Antique Graphics Wednesday HERE, to {Read More}
Wooden Twine Holder – Pinned and Done!
February 28, 2013 by 24 Comments
I want to send out a heart-felt “thank you” to all of you who shared your stories, wrote well-wishes and are sending up prayers for my son while he’s at basic training. I had no idea so many of you have been where I’m at as a mom and have grown sons who’ve already been-there/done-that. It really does my heart good to hear your boys survived and are better men for it.Okay, enough about me! Do you have a mile-long {Read More}
How do you DRESS your Drawers?
February 23, 2013 by 11 Comments
Crazy busy day here today, so you get photos and that’s it! Tell me what you do with drawers in your house. I love creating vignettes inside them!
Thursday’s Theme – {Sitting Down on the Job}
January 24, 2013 by 31 Comments
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}
