Trash to Treasure projects
At Art is Beauty, Karin got a call from her uncle one day, asking if she would like to come get an old Federal style buffet he was clearing out of his basement. ”My hubby and I went over and picked it up,” she tells. “It was funny because as we were picking up the buffet pieces were popping off of it and they were worried. I said, ‘I have saved worse than this!’”
At The Weekend Country Girl, Karen says, “I found this beauty by the side of the road on the way home from work. It took some smooth talking to my Hubby to get him to take the truck and pick it up. I had to go back with him and we almost died getting it loaded. It is 6 1/2 feet long and weighs about the same amount as a baby elephant.”
At Diary of a Preppy Mom, Whitney admits that her husband was more than a little embarrassed when she made him pull over and help her load this curbside find into their minivan. Ugly as it was, the old TV cabinet was solid wood, and Whitney knew she could fix it up.
Anne from Because Home Should Be Great rescued this buffet from the parking lot of her favorite non-profit thrift store. The piece was dingy, peeling, spider-infested, and sitting there all by its lonesome, but Anne loved it the minute she laid eyes on it.
All of us dumpster-diving, roadkill rescuing fanatics await the day when we will be driving along and see a pile of loot sporting the beautiful letters F-R-E-E. For Dy at Just Simply Live that dream finally became a reality and landed her with this unique wood cabinet.
Alecia from Chicken Scratch NY found this buffet on the side of the road in the rain during a midnight rescue. She was in pretty rough shape with bubbling and peeling veneer, detached trim, and broken drawers. When Alecia finally got around to fixing up the buffet, she striped off the veneer and then painted, {…Read More…}
This project from Bliss Ranch is one of the coolest dresser repurposes that I have seen lately. Although Bliss really did not need, nor have room for, another dresser in her home, she just couldn’t pass up this one that was sporting a yellow “free dresser” sticker. Just because she didn’t have space inside for {…Read More…}
Karen from Redoux got this old, well-used changing table from her neighbor. It had been once been “host to many a little bottom” before it was no longer needed and landed outside. With a fresh coat of turquoise paint and some poly for outdoor protection, the old changing table now serves as a buffet for {…Read More…}
