Remember this bunk bed? My neighbor Marianne called me while I was in Nashville and told me there was a bunk bed in the garbage at her next door neighbor’s house. Marianne is the one I made the spindle table for, and she’s also the one I traded the rustic table for the bead board…
What do you do with a free four poster headboard? Make an easy headboard bench, of course! When my friend Cathy and I first started making benches, we bought beds at thrift stores. We had no idea that you could get them free from the curb. It’s amazing how many people will throw out old…
How to make a cute shutter garden bench. What? You don’t have a shutter? No problem! Use an old bi-fold door. I use them for shutter projects all the time.
Last week while I was at Home Depot looking for the cull bin, I happened upon this large bin of lumber. It was clearly headed for the dumpster. I asked one of the guys on the floor about it, and he said I could have whatever I wanted for free. I got all…
I am showing an older corner bench headboard project. You haven’t seen this one, because I haven’t featured it. There aren’t any “in progress” pictures, but it’s pretty easy to see how it’s made. The corner bench was made from a full size headboard. I still have the foot board in my stash. However the…
spool bed bench made from a vintage jenny lind bed Isn’t this the cutest headboard bench ever? I love the way it turned out. It is so dainty. Here she is all dressed up, looking so pretty in white. I believe this has to be my favorite bench that Cathy and I have…
Di you know you can turn a foot board into a cute little corner bench? What a great way to repurpose a headboard or a foot board into a bench! This is a project I did with my friend Cathy. We picked up this foot board at a local peddler’s mall for $6.00. Now we…
I made this last year for my sister-in-law for her to put her dolls on. I love door projects. There are so many things you can do with a door, that I tend “not” to do a project because I can’t decide exactly which project to do. I currently have 3 or 4 doors in…
Headboards come in all shapes and sizes. I’m going to show you a scalloped bed bench we made! We bought this cute little twin bed headboard at the Peddler’s Mall for $5.00. It was before we knew we could find good stuff on the curb. Why would you spend hard earned cash buying headboards…
How to make a child’s bench out of a foot board! A good friend of mine was making some changes in her bedroom. They had a squeaky bed, and decided to attach the headboard to the wall. Therefore she decided she didn’t need the foot board, and she called her good friend gail, cause she…
This is our headboard “before” We place it on the table saw to cut it. To get the proper size you cut it in half minus the thickness. This one was 61 inches and it was 3/4 inches thick. Divide 61 by 2= 30.5 Subtract the thickness of the bed 30.5 minus .75 = 29.75…
It was time to fix a project fail and turn this sad project into an upholstered piano bench. Do you ever have those projects that just don’t go right? We all do, right? This piano bench project is one of those cases. But first, a quick question. how many benches can you find? Believe…
This bench was made out of a baby bed. Please pardon the mess in the background. My friend Cathy and I made this bench last year in her garage in the dead of winter. Although her garage looks like a total wreck, mine currently wins the prize of messiest garage! This was one of our…
This twin spool bed bench is easy to make in a weekend! Spool beds are difficult to find, but if you get a sturdy one, this bench should be on the top of your list of things to make! SEE MORE BENCHES in the link below My friend Cathy and I picked up this twin…
I got two of these chairs from the curb. I had wanted to make one of these type of benches for a long time. I made this last year when I first started repurposing items. I have learned a lot since then. I learned things like how to add legs. If I were to make…
Have you ever made a bench out of a baby bed? This is a great project for beginners with limited skill sets and tools. My friend Cathy and I made this bench out of a baby bed. The front skirt is from an old wooden valance. Using reclaimed hardwood tongue and groove flooring kept…
How to make a headboard bench out of a vintage maple headboard and foot board. One of the best uses for an old maple headboard is to repurpose into a bench. This full size bed into bench was one of our (Cathy and me) first benches. It was of course a curb find. We…
Are you looking or an easy project to make a window seat for cats ? This project is for you. I don’t remember where I got this cabinet. It was either $5.00 at the Habitat for Humanity Restore, or a curb find. If you look closely in the background, you will see some giant bun…
This is a great way to repurpose an old bunk bed into a great dog bed. A man inquired about one of my doggie beds. He came to look at it and when he and his dog got out of the truck, I had to laugh! He had a large beagle! I told him, there…
This is a great way to repurpose old chairs into a triple chair bench. Today, I am featuring a project from Rose. She’s one of those friends we all have, that we feel we know so well, even though we’ve never met IRL (in real life). Rose is a major influence and inspiration for me….
I don’t have the before picture of this. But I’ll describe this little scenario. My friend called me and said “I just saw a bench sticking out of the garbage can down the street from me, you should go check it out”. If you’ve been junking for awhile, you sort of know this feeling. Junkers…
This is the first bench my friend Cathy and I ever started. Note, I said “started”. It is NOT the first bench we finished! We got this far, and we got stumped as to how to make it sturdy enough. Now, mind you we are not carpenters or woodworkers. So, we thought it best to…
How to turn an old dresser into bench useful for the end of the bed, entryway or mudroom. I found this old dresser by the curb. It had one drawer, and 2 drawer fronts. The top of the dresser had already been removed and was used for a window seat for the kittos. I cut…
