It’s a special edition of our Thrift Store Decor Challenge! This theme is repurposed planters. I chose to turn an old toolbox into a succulent planter. I hope you love it as much as I do! Be sure to check out all the other ideas from my friends!
Have you ever wanted to know how to make a coffee pot lamp? With these step by step directions and a little patience you can repurpose a thrift store coffee pot in no time! Repurposed Vintage Coffee Pot Lamp Do you remember this coffee pot I just had to have? If you’re new around…
I picked up this mid century hutch at the thrift store a couple of weeks ago for $15! What a steal! BUT-the glass in one of the doors was broken. I had planned to use decorative metal but the pieces I have aren’t large enough. I’d love to get your ideas of what I should do with the doors now that the glass has been removed.
It’s time for this month’s Thrift Store Decor Team’s fun makeovers! I did a new lining for a vintage suitcase. You’ll also see a metal farmhouse sign, a desk makeover, an anything container, woven basket and a teacup candle. Something for everyone! Which one will inspire you?
I wish I knew how to repair an antique cane chair, but I don’t. There are ways to fix a broken cane chair without learning the art of caning! While shopping at Vendors’ Village in September, I stopped by John’s booth while he was working and he gave me some great deals on a few…
I have a great kitchen hutch makeover to share with you today. It’s not so pretty in it’s former state, but I hope you love it’s new look! Back in January I found this old hutch at Vendors’ Village. Well, truth be told, Terry actually found it and talked me into buying it. It…
Deciding whether or not to purchase this antique school desk was difficult, but working on it was totally more work than I bargained for! Antique School Desk When I posted THIS PICTURE on the facebook page, I got 75 comments about whether or not I should buy it. The price was right, but it was…
While Jamie was visiting my for my birthday, we made a quick run to Vendors’ Village to see my booth. Jamie spotted this $5 record cart in the back of the store. I agreed to buy it, redo it and if she likes it she can have it, if not, I will resell it. *Amazon…
I would love to say this chalkboard memo board made from an old storm door is an easy project, well in fact it IS an easy project, but this post is loaded with pictures. I think it is going to take me to the tutorial than it did to actually DO the project. This…
Hi everyone, it’s Joan, and I’m back to share a fun diy repurposed suitcase makeover. A few weeks ago I hit the scavenging jackpot when I was offered the chance to go thru a pile of props used by a theatre company. The theatre company had housed all their costumes, props, stage accessories…you name it, in…
This post first appeared on Today’s Creative Blog. I’m not always cutting up furniture, sometimes I “just add paint and hardware”. A few months ago I picked up this desk for a steal—only $7!
I must warn you that if you don’t like painted waterfall dresser furniture, maybe you should click my side bar image titled 250+ Repurposed Projects and skip this post. This waterfall dresser (chest of drawers) was headed to the dumpster when I saved it. Not only headed FOR the dumpster, but the owner was about…
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…
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.
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…
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…
I have a fun project for you today. I changed out the screen from a vintage storm door with chicken wire. I am taking part in a huge Flea Market show in Louisville over the 4 day Memorial Day weekend. I am not exactly sure what all I’m taking, but I will be be selling…
I love quick and easy makeovers in between my repurposing projects. This vintage record cabinet with really bad veneer fell into my lap on a day that I had nothing planned. It’s so pretty now, but wait till you see what I started with, and how I had to go about repairing it. This…
Jamie calls this the cutest ugly chair ever. While we were thrifting during their visit at Christmas, jamie found this vintage rocking chair. I secretly called her dad and asked him to go pick it up while we ran some other errands. We surprised her with it and I promised to recover it for her…
I am so excited to share this great repurpose with you from my good friend Stephanie! We’ve never met in real life, but that doesn’t matter-we are bbfs. (best blog friends). We HAVE skyped, so that is the next best thing to meeting in real life, right? I am pretty darn excited to finally have…
I showed you in September how I repaired and stripped Mammaw’s Dresser (vintage dresser). Mammaw being my mom Mae, Jamie’s grandmother. Just to refresh your memory, here is the before: I wanted to paint it, Jamie ask that I refinish it. Here it is all stripped down. I bought some new stain for this dresser. I…
Do you remember the vintage ironing board I picked up last month? I got it at a church yard sale for $5.00. (My personal limit when I thrift) I had no idea what I was going to do with it. When I was looking at it, the lady said “do you need an old ironing…
Yesterday I showed you Bubba and Anna’s hutch. I removed all the hardware . . . . . . sprayed on some primer. I then started spraying it black. (with my paint sprayer) I sprayed several light coats. This is after the first coat. I lightly sand and wipe down between coats. (220 grit sandpaper)…
How to remove a vintage sewing machine from it’s cabinet. At first glance it seems like it would be an easy task. Removing this machine from it’s cabinet actually took me over an hour. I looked under it to try to figure it out. I knew that it wasn’t that difficult, I just forgot how…
Don’t toss that vintage coffee table, give it a makeover by reusing the base and cutting a new table top for it. Jamie found this coffee table at a yard sale. To read her story, click over to Owl Really. The price tag? FREE! The top of the table had suffered some water damage and…
I am revisiting this post that originally posted on November 17, 2009. I am sharing this with Chari and her Sunday Favorites. I’ve always liked this candelabra, and I intended to sell it, but it didn’t sell. It sits in my living room next to my new media center. Do you remember this old lamp…
I got this table about a year ago. It needed a lot of work. After sitting in my garage for a year, it needed even MORE work. You can’t really see the table, but it’s front and center, wearing a sheet for protection (hahah) and holding the chair and random spray paint. Look at those…
Do you remember this $5.00 Peddler’s Mall find? I put it out at the yard sale last week. No bites on the first day, so on the second day I started working on it. Well, actually disassembling it! It was sort of like a puzzle. After I figured out how it was put…
I had this old rusty serving tray. I sanded off the rust, primed it then used yellow spray paint to freshen it up. Then I used this morning glory tatouage rub on to add some color. (I used the clear spray sealant to seal the tray when I was finished) This picture shows the first…
Remember this? I got this e-mail from Rose… Subject: Pics of my twin to your cabinet Isn’t that the funniest thing? I hadn’t checked your blog in a couple days and was so surprised to find the pics of your $8 cabinet. I think it was originally a tv cabinet. Mine also does not have…
Before I get to today’s post, I’m going to show you some recent finds: Jamie gave me two old windows and some paint. I got this at a local thrift store for $1.01 I found this coat rack thingy at a Peddler’s mall for $4.99 ($5.00 is my limit, ya know!) Now, on with today’s…
I got this antique floor lamp from a neighbor who moved away. I decided to repurpose it into a candelabra. I really like the base of it. I washed all the parts, and dismantled it. I wanted to gut it and make it into a candelabra, but the cups were too small to…
This isn’t a repurpose, it’s more of a fix up of a vintage picnic basket. My daughter Jamie was really wanting a vintage picnic basket. I was shopping at my favorite Peddler’s Mall, and found this one. I took a pic with my phone and sent the picture to her via e-mail. This basket was…
