How to glaze painted furniture–full of tips I’ve learned along the way. I spent years looking for a way to stop waxing and buffing chalk painted furniture. Now I do it all in one easy step. I love the hint of antiquing the glaze gives to all colors of painted furniture. Red paint, blue, and especially white painted furniture will look beautiful with this Smoked Glaze!
Welcome to My Repurposed Life-The best place to learn how to repurpose furniture, turning trash into treasure! This START HERE page will give you just what you need to know about My Repurposed Life. Click PLAY on the video below to get a quick introduction . . . Now that you have a…
Getting FREE junk to repurpose is such a blessing. When items are free I can have free reign on their redesign without any fear of messing up something that cost money. Free beds, lamps, doors and more. It doesn’t get any better than that!
Talk of the Town #102 is here with great diy projects and recipes just in time for the holidays! We love bringing you great features to make your home beautiful the DIY way!
It’s time for this month’s Power Tool Challenge. The theme is right up my alley, REPURPOSED. If you love doing repurposed projects, you can share them for a chance to win one of two Ryobi prize packs. All the details are in the blog post, so click over and get all the details. I can’t wait to see what you will make!
Fall is in the air! Aren’t you happy that we have great fall decor and recipe ideas to share with you? How about a Jack-o-Lantern pot pie, and fall mason jar ideas? What’s your favorite part of fall? I love the color of the trees!
Using FREE bed posts (have you ever seen a bed with these kinds of posts?) and some bargain plywood along with the picture frame molding I recently shared, I made this handy double column console table. I also think it would be great at a vintage wedding for displaying photos and a guest book.
Talk of the Town #79 Rustic flag, leather drawer pulls, vintage secretary makeover, repurposed denim, and ceiling fan globes used as candle holders. Great tutorials for you all around, and our featured blogger is Julia from Vintage with Laces. There will be some changes coming to the party in the near future. I think you’ll be happy about it.
I recently got some awful furniture, including a dresser. I re-imagined the dresser into a beautiful and useful storage bench. I even went the extra mile on this one and made a cushion and pillows. The step by step tutorial is only a click away! I think you’ll be amazed!
I have an easy project to share with you today! I love using reclaimed wood for outdoor projects. Sometimes I just make stuff up as I go along, and learn better ways to do things, that is the case with this project. The next rustic ladder plant display I make will be a little different.
This month’s power tool challenge was “favorite tool”. Although the jigsaw is not my very favorite tool, I think it might be the best option for a beginner’s first saw! You’ll be inspired by all the projects from my friends as well as this easy diy cutting board!
Talk of the Town #58 is filled with great projects, including some awesome Valentine’s ideas. I’m always amazed at the great ideas you share with us each week. You inspire me!
I have wanted to make some drop cloth curtains for a very long time. When I got the Iron Orchid Designs roller stamps, I knew they would be the perfect addition for my curtains. Incredibly easy, and a beautiful look= a win/win situation! Easy project-hop over to see just how easy!
The results are in of the 2017 Survey! I learned so much and I’m already in the process of making a lot of changes. Many changes to make the site better and more user friendly. I’ve also made changes for email subscribers. Bonus! I updated my mobile theme-so it’s going to look different-more like the desktop version. I hope you enjoy reading some comments, and love the new changes coming!
Welcome back to Talk of the Town and Happy New Year! First, let’s take a look at what you may have missed from your party hosts! Top 10 Farmhouse Blog Posts My Top 5 Favorite Projects From Cupboard to Kitchen Island Inspiring Verse YOUR Favorite Beyond the Picket Fence Projects …
Wow! It’s a new year! Did you make any resolutions? I really didn’t, but I do plan on setting a few small goals this year—mostly business related. I didn’t think I was going to have anything to share with you, but at the last minute I found a couple of good deals and a great…
Are you getting ready for the holidays? All decked out and finished shopping? I’m just chugging along and doing my best to keep up. The tree is up, which may be earlier than I’ve done it in awhile. We’re getting some really cold weather, so my projects will definitely be on hold. I can’t wait…
Wow! We’re a week into December already, and I’ve only begun shopping—let alone decorating. I need to get busy. I’d love to know . . . when do you put up your decorations? Particularly your Christmas tree? I’m more excited for Christmas this year, not really sure why, but I probably won’t put my tree…
I recently picked up this twin headboard, and actually got a deal on it for $4 from John at Vendors’ Village. I decided to make it into a bench, but within minutes I knew it needed to be a bench with storage. One thing lead to another, and suddenly it was going to be a…
Welcome back to Talk of the Town! First, let’s take a look at what you may have missed from your party hosts! Black and White Farmhouse Kitchen Update | Farmhouse Style Christmas Shopping Guide Pom-Pom Joy Sign | Christmas Card/Photo Holder | Inspiring Verse | Gift Guide for Young Guys Headboard Coat Rack/Coffee Cup Rack…
Hey there! Happy Tuesday to ya! We’re still having great weather, and I’m loving it. Today was cold in the morning, so I ran errands-but they went on and on, so I only got to do a couple of things when I got home because it gets dark (and cold) so early in the evening….
Y’all I’m so excited about this month’s Power Tool Challenge project, a double pedestal table. As always, the team will be showing you what we did, but in addition, you get to join in on the fun! I never throw anything away. When I made a double headboard bench out of the headboard, I parted…
Welcome back to Talk of the Town! First, let’s take a look at what you may have missed from your party hosts! Farmhouse Thanksgiving Antique Postcard Printables DIY Rustic Fresh Fruit & Flowers Centerpiece Rusty Junk Coat Rack on a Repurposed Headboard Pallet Table/Shelf Give Thanks FREE Printable Inspiring Verse Easy Side Table Simple Headboard…
Did you know that my yearly craft show in Glendale KY was this past weekend? I’ve been working like a crazy woman trying to get projects done, but with Summer hanging on so long it was difficult. Some of the projects you see in the photos haven’t been on the blog yet. If they have…
Fall is finally here! I mean it’s been here on the calendar, but the weather has finally cooled off and it feels like Fall. Spring is my favorite time of year, with Fall coming in a close second. I’m so looking forward to spending some time outside taking care of a lot of things that…
Happy Tuesday! I’m so happy you’re here! Finally, I’m back at work. The weather is still very warm, but thankfully we are experiencing low humidity, which makes all the difference in the world here in the Ohio Valley. I’ve recently gotten a nice haul of headboards (thank you cousin Terry) so I’ve been working on…
Kim Six from The Kim Six Fix blog was our guest today. If you’ve never heard Kim do a video or interview, you are in for a treat! She’s so much fun to talk to and hang out with. If you listened to last week’s show, Cher from Designs by Studio C and I were…
Yippee! It’s Tuesday night and it’s time to party! We’ve finally had some cooler weather, and it’s been a couple of productive days for me. I’ve mostly been finishing up some projects that I started before it got hot. I hope you’ve been busy with some great projects to share tonight. Welcome back to Talk…
Happy Tuesday! I’m so glad you’re here to check out last week’s features and this weeks linkups (thumbnails). I hope you enjoy seeing what your hosts have been up to as well. Welcome back to Talk of the Town! First, let’s take a look at what you may have missed from your party hosts! Romantic…
It’s Power Tool Challenge day! Today I’m going to talk about how to use a Kreg Jig. Each month some of us bloggers get together and share projects with you to help encourage you to use power tools to do projects of your own. We understand what it is to be intimidated by power tools….
Have you been listening to the weekly podcasts? In episode #8 I talk about inspiration. So many people ask me “how do you think of this stuff”? Tune in to this week’s show to hear a little bit about my thought process. Above are the projects that were discussed in episode #8, the links…
It’s Tuesday! Yay! We have some great projects featured this week. I hop you love them. Welcome back to Talk of the Town! First, let’s take a look at what you may have missed from your party hosts! Make a Hanging Rustic Storage Crate Valspar Chalk Spray Paint Review + Farmhouse Coasters Upcycled Farmhouse Flatware…
I am so happy to be part of this talented group of ladies that put this party together for you each week. It’s so fun to see the fabulous projects linked up each week. Our friends are so talented! Welcome back to Talk of the Town! First, let’s take a look at what you may…
Most of you probably know I work withMy Repurposed Life Homeright.com, and have been for several years now. I first used their Command Max in January 2011! Now I use my beloved Homeright Finish Max for 90% of my paint projects. Occasionally, I get an itch to actually paint by hand with a brush. Go figure! *this…
Hi there, MRL friends! It’s Angie from Knick of Time, back with an easy tutorial to turn a pie plate into a pedestal stand. I’ve lost count of how many pedestal stands and tiered stands my husband and I have made together, but it’s well into the double digits. The tiered stands are best-sellers in my…
Good evening! Do you notice anything different? I’ve rolled out a new look for MRL! Everything is still here, although it may look different. There’s a new link up there, BLOG. By clicking that, it will resemble the old site. But MY favorite page is the homepage! I hope you will find it more user…
Happy Tuesday! brrrr, it’s cold and snowy here, and I’m not a happy camper! It’s hard to work on projects, and impossible to finish a DIY picket fence when the temps are in the teens. We have some fabulous features to share with you, plus lots of stuff happening around our blogs. I hope you…
Wow! Another year of Glendale Crossing Days has come and gone! This was a banner year for My Repurposed Life. For the first time in years I had help to set up, work and break down the booth. I’m sure I could have survived another year going it alone, but Cousin Terry was such a…
This giveaway has ended. See the rafflecopter below for the list of winners. We have another great giveaway from my good friends at Homeright. But first, I want to say a big congratulations to Brooke Cribbs from Cribbs Style. Brooke was the lucky winner of the headboard bench I took to Haven.
It’s with a heavy heart that I tell you I had to say goodbye to my good buddy Louie on Wednesday February 10, 2015. He took a sudden turn for the worst due to his heart condition on Wednesday morning. I took him to the vet, but as the day went on, I saw the…
