How to make a repurposed window cabinet. Grab a window, make a box add some molding and voila! You have a new window cabinet to hang on your wall and display your treasures. Well, it’s not quite THAT easy, but with my step by step directions you can make a window cabinet for yourself.
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Repurposed Door into Bookshelf
How to make a unique, one of a kind bookshelf out of an old door and two small cupboard doors. Compete tutorial will show you just how to repurpose your own door.
Repurposed Window Cabinets
How to make floor cabinets or cupboards for home decor display using windows as doors. Great tips on how to add legs to window cabinets to make them into floor cabinets.
Wall Cabinet | Craft Storage | Repurposed Doors
I’ve been working my way through the free furniture I got earlier this year. You may remember the awesome dresser bench I made last week. By parting out the dresser I was left with two louvered dresser doors. They were used in this easy project to make a wall cabinet great for craft storage!
Faux Card Catalog
Sideboard Dresser Turned Into a Faux Card Catalog GET HERE TO SEE PROJECT DETAILS Faux Card Catalog submitted by Pili
Pallet Wood Shelf
You need to get organized with a pallet wood cubby shelf! Hello once again, My Repurposed Life fans, it’s Joan from Scavenger Chic. I love pallet wood and since Gail has shown you how to rip apart a pallet I have another great project to show you what you can do with all your new…
Old Drawer Cabinet
Hello! I am happy to be back here at MRL! For those of you that may be new, my name is Mindi, and I blog at MyLove2Create. I love being one of Gail’s contributors. 🙂 Can you believe it is March?! Time is speeding up, and spring is just around the corner, which always makes…
window cupboard : easy window project
I love making a good window cupboard, some are easier than others. When I saw this easy window cabinet tutorial over at That’s My Letter, I knew I just had to make one. After all, I do have many, many windows in my stash! These are only a few of the windows I have…
Homeright Cubby Organizer Challenge
Homeright has issued another challenge to the Brand Ambassadors. Our mission, should we choose to accept it was to get our hands on a regular ole cubby and work our magic with a Finish Max and paint from Lowe’s. We’re celebrating the good news that Lowe’s is testing the waters with our favorite Finish Max…
DIY Tall Window Cabinet
I love making window cabinets. However, I have never made a DIY tall Window Cabinet, so I thought it was time to make one. I’ve made window cabinets that hang on the wall, and window cabinets that use two windows. You can see some of my window projects at the bottom of this post. So…
Coffee Station Repurposed Buffet
I finished this coffee station last week, and took the pictures over the weekend. I wanted to show it to you on Monday, but Wednesdays are set aside for my Homeright projects. Finally! It’s Wednesday and I can share it with you.
Craft Table made from kitchen cabinet
I’m going to show you step by step how to make a craft table that doubles as a kitchen island out of an old cabinet.
DIY Corner Planter
Today I am sharing fun DIY Corner Planter. I guess technically I used a corner cabinet door, but I decided to shorten it. 🙂 Last year I made Old Drawers into Porch Planters, which I shared on My Repurposed Life as one of my contributor posts. They were such a pretty addition to my…
Recent Finds Saw Stand in my own garage
I have been working on cleaning out one of my storage areas. I have collected a lot of “stuff” and I am overflowing with finished projects. Something has to be done. This piece was dropped off to me last summer, and it’s not only been taking up room in the garage, but it’s also…
Kids Art Desk Repurposed Armoire
I am so glad this kids art desk made from a repurposed armoire is done. I hope you can follow along with my crazy tutorial below because this is a pretty in depth repurposed furniture project. The Back Story Last fall Leann picked up some great items from the side of the road for me.
White Entryway Bench made from Kitchen Cabinet
Today’s project is a white entryway bench that I made using a repurposed kitchen cabinet.
Cheap Cabinet into Nice Bench
Happy Friday, it’s Mindi from MyLove2Create again! I am excited because it is the start of our Spring Break! Even though we are not really going anywhere, we are going to hang with cousins and I am hopefully going to paint some rooms in my house!!! It is long over due let me tell ya!…
Repurposed Dresser tv stand
I’m not cutting up any furniture in today’s post. Even so, I think I have some tips for you on how to make this repurposed dresser tv stand from an old 90’s pressed wood piece. It may look like it has nothing to offer, but it still has a lot of purpose left. Y’all…
Coat Rack Shelf made from a Cabinet Door
I was recently invited to a local company to meet with Paula Blankenship the Creative Director of Heirloom Traditions Paint. Neither of us are sure how we didn’t know about each other, while we each are based in Louisville KY.
Repurposed Cabinet Doors into a Desk
Today was a good day. It was warm and sunny, the puppy didn’t chew up the carpet, and I cleared out some of my hoard and made it into something useful. I give you, Repurposed Cabinet Doors into a Desk … Ahhh. This was a fun project for me. I think it was toss up for…
Updated Portable Bar
I recently revisited this portable bar made from an antique radio cabinet. I knew when I finished stopped working on it, that there needed to be some changes. Sometimes it does take me a while to get back to update a project, especially when the weather turns really hot. I’m not physically able to be…
Vintage Armoire Doors Cabinet
I got these vintage armoire doors from my neighbor last week. I knew right away what I wanted to do with them because I was ready for an easy project.
Hide Your Cat Litter Box with Litter Box Furniture
This is a fun and easy repurposed furniture project for your kitty. I’ll show you how to hide your cat litter box inside a cabinet. I got this old console t.v. last August from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Hardin County. This post contains affiliate links After gutting it, I gave it…
Antique Radio Cabinet
Antique Radio Cabinet into a portable bar Sometimes I look for “easy” projects in between the larger ones—I thought this portable bar made from an old radio cabinet would be one of those projects. I’ve been sitting on this for a few months, and after cleaning out the garage recently, I decided it was time…
Wooden Chevron Table Top using Shutter Slats
Do you remember this repurposed t.v. stand (from the ReStore) that I showed you last week? If you remember– I painted with my new Homeright Finish Max Pro? I’ve got some details to share with you today.
Finish Max Pro by Homeright {review}
The nice folks at Homeright sent me a new toy, the Finish Max Pro. I seriously didn’t think I could love anything more than I do my regular Finish Max, but I was wrong! In honor of my new toy, I hung some new plastic in my DIY Paint Booth and rolled this…
Tall Chest Repurposed Black Cabinet
I got some stuff from my neighbor way back in August 2012, I talked about it in my post Recent Finds, Love Thy Neighbor Edition. This tall chest was one of the things I got. Soon after I got this, my friend Anne of Design Dreams by Anne, remade a tall highboy and ever…
Night Stand Makeover
Hello everyone! Today I am sharing a fun Night Stand Makeover. Let’s start with a word about free stuff. I love getting stuff for free, I mean who doesn’t right? I love creating things and so in order support my hobby, I check the free section on craigs list regularly, I am signed up for…
Headboard Entryway Bench | Kitchen Cabinet
I’ve been busy making another headboard entryway bench with kitchen cabinets. This is another small bench that would be perfect for an entry way. Old Kitchen Cabinet Made into a Bench Can you see this kitchen cabinet …. Funny Looking Twin Headboard and this headboard in the above bench? At first glance…
Window Cabinet
I’m not really pleased with this project I’m about to show you. I sort of rushed to get it done because of the weather. Maybe I’ll work on it some more next week to see if I can make it more presentable.
Repurposed items for kid sized fun
Today we have a guest post from a Facebook fan who shows us how to repurpose unwanted items into a puppet theater and a washer/dryer set!
Repurposed tv Console
This post is going to show you how to use a repurposed tv to make a new and useful piece of furniture. This is one of many t.v. cabinets I recently picked up at my local Habitat ReStore over the Summer. Here you can see them all lined up ready to be…
Small Wall Cupboard
This small wall cabinet made from a vintage cupboard door and a new pine box has been a long time in the making. I took this “before” picture on November 16, 2009. Can you believe it? It only took me four years to finish this simple project. In April 2010 I built a…
Kitchen Cabinets Updated with Paint & Trim
I wanted the kitchen cabinets updated, he didn’t. Do you have a family member who is stuck in the past, maybe a parent or a grandparent who just doesn’t want to do an update to their kitchen? I do—and it took some talking to get Jamie’s dad to let me give his kitchen cabinets a…
Plastic Radio Cabinet Console Makeover
Do you remember this haul from last month at the Hardin County Habitat Restore? This plastic cabinet was part of my painting marathon using my diy chalk paint in my HomeRight Finish Max. After priming, I decided I should remove this lower shelf, it was really too low to the bottom. I patched,…
Play Kitchen Center nightstand Reveal
Today’s post is all about the play kitchen center made from a nightstand and some scrap lumber. It’s finally finished! Well, I guess there are a few more things that could be added, but I am d.o.n.e. The day I started this, I intended it to be a “quickie” project. Something simple like the other…
Play Kitchen Center-the fridge
Tomorrow, I will show you the final version of the play kitchen center. But, what’s a stove and sink without a fridge? I’ve had this cabinet in my garage for a long, long time. But recently I reworked all the storage options and no longer needed this piece. There was some trim on one end….
Little cabinet makeover
This small cabinet makeover is a great weekend project. I don’t even remember where I got this old brown cabinet. Someone dropped it off to me, I didn’t buy it. I call it old, but it’s not really vintage at all. It’s the run of the mill white laminate cabinet. I had one in my…
storage cabinet makeover
Bliss here from BlissRanch, and while I am tickled to have a guest post at My Repurposed Life, I’m a bit intimidated too. You guys have all seen the amazing re-purposes that Gail does …… I mean she’s never met anything she can’t turn into a bench! She is responsible for me looking sideways at…
sewing cabinet bar
Hi Gail! It’s so good to be back as a guest blogger on My Repurposed Life! This sewing cabinet project I am especially excited about sharing because sewing cabinets are something that I’ve seen a lot of in the past and have passed up because I wasn’t seeing beyond their intended use. Now…
