Easy Vintage Washstand Makeover Don't you love furniture that can do more than one thing? Serve more than one purpose? I love it even more if the furniture in question started life as something different than what it was intended to be, and even better if it was...
Old Drawers turned into Planters! This post was originally posted in 2014, updated for 2023! One of my reader's favorites. Looking for New Ideas for Planters? How about using old drawers? I was recently mourning the fact that the Pie Safe I had rescued from a...
How to Make a LOVE sign from an old cabinet door
How to Makeover a Curio Cabinet If you have followed me for a while, or you are new here and have found that I love junk, you would be correct! I have spent years Dumpster Diving and making over all kinds of old stuff. Recently I scored a large haul of small stuff...
DIY Coat Hooks From Old Fence Boards How to make DIY Coat Hooks From Old Fence Boards How to Make DIY Coat Hooks From Old Fence Boards. I Love DIY Coat hooks and I love Old Boards. Are you like me and have a love affair with old wood? Do your neighbors think you...
Easily Make a New Crate look old with my easy tutorial! Do you love the look of old crates but are shocked at the price of them? I will see some beautiful old Flower Crate, see the price tag, and keep moving. I wish I could find old wood crates in the Dumpsters I...
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...
Turn Trashy Books into Treasured Items Before I share pictures and this post with you, I have a disclaimer. No literature was harmed in this project. All books that were altered were not only dumpster dive finds but were probably trash for the mind as well.....Not...
Watching Time Turn Into a Mirror This post was originally posted several years ago, but it's a timeless classic and could easily be done with old clocks from thrift stores, etc. I had this old clock, that I LOVED but the clock was dying a slowwwwww death. The...
How to Make a Door Chalkboard from a bunch of Junk (This post was originally written in 2012, but the instructions remain the same, paint brand has changed) Do you remember this thing I pulled out of le garbage? My client had texted me the night before I found...
