Upcycle a Book Shelf to a Rolling Cart. Happy Trashy Tuesday! I don't have a new project to share with you today, BUT, I do have some good Dumpster Finds. And they were my favorite kind this week. Not one, but two Dumpster Finds. The first IS a rolling cart already. Complete with 2 drawers, towel hangers on each side. Sadly, someone took all the sides and inside out. Very strange. Usually the drawers break before everything else. These drawers are made well, not just glued but have Dove Tail Construction. I have plenty of old Fence Boards and Scrap wood lying around. I am sure I will be able to find the right reclaimed wood for this upcycled cart. Onto Rolling piece of ...
How to Decorate your Home With Free Furniture
How To Decorate Your Home With Free Furniture Seriously? Free Furniture? To Decorate your home? Where would you find enough of it? If you hang around here, you will see how I easily find free furniture every month! No matter where you live, I guarantee, somewhere near you, even if you have to drive a bit. There is free furniture to be found. To start your Free Furniture hunt, I suggest you check out my 3 Part Dumpster Diving Series HERE and brush up on How to Develop Your Junk Network HERE. To decorate your home with Free Furniture, you have to be able to look past what the piece may have originally been. Use your imagination, check out some of my Furniture Makeovers ...
How to Turn a Bookshelf Into a Rolling Cart
How to Turn a Bookshelf Into a Rolling Cart Did you know that a mediocre 2 shelf Bookshelf is one of the most versatile pieces of furniture? You can do so many things with one of those! I mentioned last Trashy Tuesday I received a very burned bookshelf from my friend who had a fire above her garage. The bookshelf needed a lot of cleaning, structurally, it was still sound. Just not looking too attractive. In fact, my friends couldn't believe I wanted it! I knew right away I wanted to turn it into a rolling cart. That is one of the best things you can do with any short bookshelf. I turned it over, cut off the peg legs and then screwed ...
Trashy Tuesday Free Furniture of 2017
Trashy Tuesday New Years Resolutions Happy Tuesday! If you have been around here awhile, it's been a while since you have heard from me! This doesn't mean I have stopped my trashy habits of Dumpster Diving or Upcycling. I just haven't shared in a while because 2017 was busy! Here's a recap of some of the my favorites from 2017. I rescued this bookshelf from a friend who had a terrible fire. After cleaning out what was left of the room above their garage, they let me take the bookshelf home with me. It turned into a rolling cart with reclaimed fence boards framing it out. More on that coming soon. I also found this Dresser at.....I seriously cannot remember. All I ...
Trashy Tuesday Trashy Makeovers
Trashy Tuesday Trashy Makeovers It's been a while! And oh my, do I have a lot of junk to trash talk with you. Do you remember Actually, it's a twin. I found 2 of them a few months ago when someone in my neighborhood was moving. They so nicely left a whole bunch of trash in a Giant Dumpster and these 2 buckets were things I pulled out. I painted them using the The Turquoise Iris method. At DIY Paint, we call it #Do The Dionne. Dionne of The Turquoise Iris is a master at blending DIY Paint with a water bottle and a few tricks. I painted this bucket with DIY Paint in Summer Crush, Marquis and Queen Bee. I used a Water Bottle to make the paint blend, while it was still ...
7 Surprising Tips for Finding Free Furniture
7 Surprising Tips For Finding Free Furniture! 1 Tip for Every Day of the Week! Imagine how much you can pick up, RIGHT NOW! Seriously. How did I go from this? Clean, orderly garage, car fits in nicely. To this??? Packed to the gils, furniture everywhere. I can squeeze my van in there but only enough for myself to get out and then have to actually enter my house through the front door. I did this in only about 1 week. Yes, you read that right. I found ALL this stuff in 7 days. With barely trying! Ready to fill up your garage on free furniture without spending a dime? Because you know you want to save money.....Here are my top 7 tips: Free Furniture Tip ...
What The Junk
What The Junk Did you know that Urban Dictionary defines "What The Junk" as the following? Quite possibly the coolest non-profane exclamation there is. To know me, is to know that I love Junk and Junk is my love language. So what have I been doing with all my junk? Well that's a complicated answer.... First I took off for a 2 week Workcation to Utah. Hiked almost every single day, (this is Provo Canyon) and there is definitely no junk here! Back to real life. Our refrigerator broke down and died while we are on vacation. Yippee! It's covered under warranty. What? You don't know how to fix it and have to bring in a specialist? WHAT? That specialist isn't available ...
Trashy Tuesday Upscale Junking
Trashy Tuesday Upscale Junking What is Upscale Junking you might ask? It is actually looking for junk in a "reputable" business establishment. One where a form of currency changes hands between the junker and the junkee. I just made that up, but it explains the difference perhaps between Dumpster Diving, which you can read all about in my 3 part series HERE. And actually "going junking", that is, frequenting junk stores. I recently had the opportunity to do some upscale Junking with some fabulous DIY Paint retailers from Alaska! Sue Mann of Artzy Junkin and Abbey Ulen. Abbey works with Sue and has her own amazing artwork, check it out HERE. Abbey and Sue came down to the San ...
Vintage Botanical Dresser
Vintage Botanical Dresser Yes, it's ME! I have something new and exciting to share with you. Well, something old that I made look even older. But New To You! My Vintage Botanical Dresser. Vintage Botanical is not my usual MO, but I decided to try something out of my comfort zone. Try it, it's good for you to do something out of your comfort zone every day, and this was wayyyy out of my comfort zone. It started with my friend Jennifer from Artistic Painting Studio and Fauxy Rollers. Jennifer sent me the Leaf Pattern Roller to try and some of her wonderful plaster. This was my dresser before. Basic Craigs List Find. Nice Basset Dresser, ho hum. The drawers were AWOL ...
Trashy Tuesday Digging for Junk
Trashy Tuesday Digging for Junk Happy Trashy Tuesday! I have been Digging for Junk. Literally! About a week ago I got a text from friends who have recently relocated to "land" in the country from "suburban home" in my neighborhood. Along with having more space, they also inherited a lot of Junk. I was invited to come pick through their stuff. And oh my goodness, was it amazing. Piles and Piles and boxes and boxes of surprises. One whole section of the yard was FREE! Most of it was junk beyond junk, but how fun is Free? In exchange for the Flat Bed Trailer that the previous owner was going to remove, they bought the trailer and all the trash that came with the property. And ...
Trashy Tuesday Free Furniture
Trashy Tuesday Free Furniture Yep, you read that right. I found a whole bunch of Free Furniture. Or, some may consider it a whole bunch of junk. Perception and attitude is everything right? Want to know something REALLY WEIRD? I found this Memo board. I MADE and sold at least 5 years ago ....in a DUMPSTER last week. What are the odds? It's weird enough to find your junk in a thrift store, but hello, the garbage???? Wow, that's just a head scratcher from the Universe from the Junk Cycle to Me. I think I found that frame for free too! If you are not up on where to find the good stuff, read my 3 part How To Dumpster Dive Series. And then, read THIS post. It takes practice, ...