Trash to Treasure projects
Julia blogs at Cuckoo 4 Design. She had a corner of her shelf that needed something…but she couldn’t figure out what that something was until she came across this glass shelf at an auction. I probably would have passed this one up, but Julia didn’t–she’s got a great imagination!
Over at That Thing I Made, Joanna picked up this worn out bookshelf for $20. It was pretty hard to see past the ugly stained finish and particle board backing, but Joanna has a good imagination.
Over at Namely Original, Emily tells us, “While we were cleaning up/organizing our storage rooms in our basement, we found an old shelf that was in pieces. It was a cheap laminate thing that was wobbly and good for nothing, really. So to strengthen it we used some–you guessed it–pallet wood.”
At Monkey See, Monkey Do, Jennifer tells us, “These old corbels were in our barn. They were originals from an old farmhouse on our property which was renovated in the 1970s. They were stashed in the barn. When we bought the property two years ago, we found them and thought it would be neat to use them in our home.”
Lindsay blogs at Diary of a Crafty Lady. A friend of hers was getting rid of this industrial spool, and Lindsay was quick to offer it a home. She’d seen something in a magazine made out of one of these, and was anxious to experiment with it.
A client brought Shanna of Restoration Redoux this Craigslist find and asked her to work a little magic on it. It was dingy, dirty bookshelf that was in need of some TLC.
When Kendra at Pots, Pans & Paintbrushes and bought her house, the owners graciously left behind two ugly brown laminate bookshelves. Rather than chunking them or using them for garage storage, she decided to give them some TLC.
Carolyn, of Homework, found this bookshelf sitting on the curb down the street at a neighbor’s house. she brought it home determined to rescue it. It found a new life at Carolyn’s house by becoming an organizer for her craft room.
