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
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Furniture Makeovers
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...
Dresser wanting the Layered Paint Look
It may be hot outside where you are, but the best dressed dressers, and furniture are all asking for the Layered Look! Are you hearing what your furniture is saying? The cool kids are all doing this technique and I know you are cool 😉 If you think your furniture...
How To Makeover a Vintage Stereo Cabinet
How to Makeover a Vintage Stereo Cabinet How many times have you seen one of these old Stereo Cabinets and just dismissed it as a worthless?I found this old Stereo Cabinet one day while out walking my dog. I believe people put stuff out on their driveways with a...
How to Decoupage Fabric Over Painted Wood
How to Decoupage Fabric Over Painted Wood Are you a fabric hoarder like me? I have scraps upon scraps of decorator fabric I have “saved” for that one project I might do one day. Well, that day has come! You’ll Also Love: DIY Black and White...
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...
How To Turn A Farm Table to A Plank Table
Did you recently see a well loved mini van pulled over on the side of the Highway, a woman in skirt and heels, risking life and limb to pick up a filthy pile of wood planks? Did you think “that woman is nuts”, or that poor woman, “look a load of...
How to Turn a Bookshelf into Rolling Cart
How to Turn a Bookshelf into Rolling Cart Do you have one of these? Old White Book Shelf, or Black, or whatever cheap color it was? They are literally a dime a dozen in the Dumpster World. After they have served their purpose, they are often unceremoniously thrown...
21 Ways to Upcycle a Chair
21 Ways to Upcycle a Chair Happy Trashy Tuesday! Well whatever day it is…in the Spirit of Trashy Tuesday…. Over the years I have found more of one type of furniture than any other. CHAIRS! Welcome to 21 Ways to Upcycle a Chair! Bonus! I recently...
Blah Bookshelf to Ballards Knockoff
We have all seen cheap, assemble yourself-bookshelves, maybe we even have one in our home? I made mine over to look like a Ballard’s knockoff! Here are the items you will need: Items needed: 4 short legs of choice, plus plates Paint of choice (I LOVE...
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