Welcome to Trashy Tuesday! My weekly report on my Junque Finds! Some weeks it seems like my trash picking ways end up with a theme. I tell you, it is like magic my Dumpster Skills. If I think about something enough, it shows up in or around a Dumpster. Exhibit...
Transforming a Trunk with CeCe Caldwell’s Paint Tricks! I only use DIY Paint since writing this post. DIY Paint is 100% Natural Chalk and Clay Based, and we have over 350 retailers in North America. It’s ahmazing stuff. Today, I will try to top how...
Yep, It’s Leather, and I Painted It! Did you know you can paint and even crackle on leather? I recommend Debi’s Design Diary DIY Paint. It’s an all natural Clay Based paint. The Clay base makes it an excellent product to stick to just about ANY...
Not everything turns out the way you want it to. Not all furniture upcycles go on to live the happy, joyful existences they were upcycled to be. Today, I bring you an example. My Table Turn Coat. Remember the term Turn Coat? (as in traitor). This table betrayed...
The Holiday House Tour, for people who comfortably live in their homes Happy Holidays! Is your house decked out in holiday cheer? I have seen the most gorgeous home tours. You can’t swing a piece of dumpster dove furniture parts and not hit a fabulous...
Happy Holidays! We are officially here. Yep, the calendar tells me so. This year I am digging in my heels and determined to not run around like a crazy woman and enjoy the season of PEACE. In keeping with my resolution to keep things simple, I simply painted...
Welcome to Trashy Tuesday! Talking trash is what we do best here. It’s a two parter! I went Dumpster Diving, and to my first REAL estate sale. I am happy to say, both events were full of trash, junk and good stuff. Dumpster diving I know not to make...
Fake Built In Bookshelf from Closet Organizers After 10 years in my home, I was ready to commit to a grown up living room. No more curbside finds that were basically place holders for decent furniture. No more using my front room as a holding place for completed...
Are you over the age of 35? Did you watch Seinfeld religiously in all it’s glory and through reruns? If you did, then you might remember “can you spare a square”. Today, can you spare a chair? I am much more generous with my chairs than the...
We probably all see these Oak friends left over from circa 1985. I picked mine up at a garage sale recently, and it even had a very OLD sachet hanging from it in Mauve Tulle. That thing made it to the trash before I touched it. Who knew you could take those old...
