Trash to Treasure projects
Pam blogs at diy Design Fanatic, where she claims that necessity is the mother of invention. ”I looked for at least 2 months for a basket for our daughter’s room. I looked at Marshall’s, HomeGoods, Ikea, TJ Maxx, Target, but didn’t have any luck. None of the baskets were the right size.” One day, walking out of Trader Joe’s, she spotted an empty box that was the perfect size, and was desperate enough to bring it home!
Julie shares a fun, colorful makeover of a thrifted wooden salad bowl set at her blog, Doe a Deery. ”This past week as I was walking the aisles of my local Goodwill I found four teak bowls. I immediately snatched them up and whisked them home,” Julie tells us.
Mika of Sparrow’s Haven had been looking for a vintage ladder for quite a while. She was delighted when her husband found this one on Craigslist.
Carrie blogs at Making Lemonade. I could totally relate to her description of the item that started this makeover. ”Enter this generic breakfast tray that we’ve had for at least a decade,” Carrie begins, “the type you get at Bed Bath & Beyond in the hopes that life will be filled with breakfasts in bed and lazy Sunday mornings. Then the reality hits and you find your 2-year-old using it as a surfboard down the deck stairs. HYPOTHETICALLY.”
At Sunset Coast, Cindy tells us, “I’ve been seeing those great painted dressers lately in many different colors all over the bloggyland. A few have been in a mustard shade that I have been wanting to try out on something. I can’t possibly lug one of those big bureaus home by myself, but I can get the look with this miniature version, a musical jewelry box.”
Deb of Lake Girl Paints is a talented artist. I always love seeing her projects because she adds her artistic touch to things that might otherwise be overlooked. Like these fence boards:
Amanda of Burlap and Denim has friends who are watching out for her roadkill rescuing ways…one of them brought her an old door that he’d found at the dump. You have to see what Amanda did with the beat-up door.
Get your green thumb on! Nicole from The Felted Fox has a terrific gardening project to share with you that started with a weather-beaten garden structure. “For years we had stared at a large lattice structure, covered with a few scraggly vines, which separated our yard from the neighbours. We finally hit on the idea of converting it to a living wall,” Nicole says.
