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 complete with Shoe Storage from an Old Drawer. You are here for the real junk though, right? I have a garage FULL of junk. Other people's junk. Stuff people have literally placed in or around a Dumpster. This lovely table and chairs was next to the Dumpster at church a couple of weeks ago. Oh, the blessings of going to church! I sold this lovely set yesterday to a sweet family who were so happy to have a new ...
Upcycling Drawer ideas
Trashy Tuesday Diary of a Dumpster Diver
Trashy Tuesday Diary of a Dumpster Diver Dear Diary: I have a problem. I can't stop Diving into Dumpsters and lurking around them. I can't stop looking for someone's cast off furniture, home decor, craft supplies, etc. Every Monday morning I can hardly wait to get my kids to school so I can go Dumpster Diving. The diving seems to be especially wonderful Monday morning. People have moved, cleaned out their unwanted junk, or just threw out something because it was slightly damaged. Then every Tuesday I must share with the world at Trashy Tuesday what treasures I found. I need to buy two twin beds for twins. They both seem to need the same things at the same time, even ...
Trashy Tuesday, Truth in Trash and My Side Yard
Trashy Tuesday, Truth in Trash and My Side Yard! Welcome to Trashy Tuesday, where we talk trash, literally. This is a show and tell episode of Trashy Tuesday. I show, then I tell, and you can leave me a comment and tell me about your trashy piles too! Before we get to all the Truth in Trash, I wanted to share a sneaky peek of my Black and White Stairs!!! I finished all the railings on the staircase this weekend, I have to finish the landing step upstairs and some touch ups. Then the Black and White stairs are Finished!!!.....except I have to do all the railings upstairs that you cannot see from downstairs. Curses (And that is my Bench Made Entirely out of Junque in the ...
Old Drawers Turned Into Planters
Old Drawers turned into Planters! 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 Dumpster many months ago had finally gone to Pie Safe Heaven. You can read about that find HERE. It was in the saddest condition when I found it. I had grand dreams of bringing it back to life and making it bloom again. Sadly, it was beyond my capabilities and was past life support. In its honor, we planted flowers in its super cool and sturdy metal drawers. The Pie Safe was a clear victim of serious furniture neglect. I wanted to give it a new home, show it had life left in it. But ultimately, it was only ...
Don’t drop your drawers…into the trash that is, Redoux them!
Don't drop your drawers....into the trash that is, Redoux them! If you are like me, you may have a slight problem with throwing out things that you "think" you will use again in some future project. For many of you, it might be craft items. For me, it is always the same story. Drawers. I LOVE drawers. There are endless things you can do with old drawers. Here is one of my favorite projects. Start with any old drawer. The smaller the better. These are courtesy of Google Images. If it has a big front lip, cut the lip down, or just add little wood knobs for legs, so the drawer will sit evenly on a surface. I left these as is. The drawers came from a Junk find. I don't even ...