Dumpster Diving Diaries

Trashy Tuesday my 10 Best Furniture Upcycles

Trashy Tuesday my 10 best Furniture Upcycles Happy Spring friends!  It's time to do some Spring Cleaning with all that Junk in your Garage!  Or maybe I should say all that junk in MY garage :() Is the warm weather inspiring you to do some purging, painting and...

Read More

Trashy Tuesday – House of Junk

Trashy Tuesday - House of Junk Is your house literally full of junk?  Mine is, in a roundabout way.  If you are new here, take a look at my junk makeovers.  About 90% of the furniture in my house is upcycled, JUNK.  Exhibit A.  My Bench Made Entirely of Junk...

Read More

Top Ten Junk Makeovers

My Top Ten Best Junk Makeover

My Top Ten Favorite Junk Makeovers from my years as a Dumpster Diver, Furniture Makeover artist. Showing you how you can turn old, ugly and free into amazing and gorgeous

Read More

The Best Way To Find Free Furniture

The Best Way To Find Free Furniture If I were a super hero, and had only one super power, it would be to make good free furniture appear and come home with me.  Check out my post and you can become a Free Furniture Super Hero too!  I am not a super hero, just an...

Read More

Trashy Tuesday A Garage Full of Free Furniture

Trashy Tuesday A Garage Full of Free Furniture  It happened on a Saturday, when I had JUST cleaned out my garage and was just going about my day....Phone call from a friend who is moving!  They needed all their junk out, and they needed it done that day. AND they...

Read More

Trashy Tuesday Dumpster Dive Free Chair

Happy Trashy Tuesday!   You won't believe what I found this past week!  The coolest Dumpster Dive Free Upholstered Chair!  If you are a regular here, you know how much I love FREE FURNITURE.  And you know how hard it is for me to pass on some good Free Furniture. I...

Read More

How to Make a Bench From A Dumpster Console

How to Make a Bench From a Dumpster Console Welcome to Trashy Tuesday!  You know I can't resist a good Dumpster Furniture Makeover.  One of my favorite things to make from Broken Furniture is a Bench. Imagine if you will, you are out on a Saturday running errands...

Read More

Trashy Tuesday What The Junk?

Trashy Tuesday, What the Junk? Happy Trashy Tuesday!  It's been some time since I have share some of my amazing Dumpster Finds and Road Side Rescues! I haven't stopped my trashy ways, I have just been BUSY!  As Retail Director for DIY Paints, Retailer of DIY Paints...

Read More

How To Get The Chippy Paint Look

Get the Chippy Paint look using Debi'S Design Diary DIY Paint and a surprising little tool. I am in the process of switching from a PC to my MacBook.  In that process, somehow all my before and during pictures disappeared.  SIGH.  Cest la vis. Use your imagination....

Read More

How to Turn a Drawer into Under Bench Storage

How to Turn a Drawer into Under Bench Storage If your family is anything like mine,  there are always a collection of shoes somewhere near the bottom of the stairs or the front door.  We have tried several different systems to corral the shoes, but I always...

Read More

DIY Paint Sold Here!

Pin It on Pinterest