Trash to Treasure projects
When Gail from My Repurposed Life found this old record cabinet, it was in really bad shape. It was scruffy and water damaged. Luckily, Gail has a great imagination and could see possibilities where most people would only see a trip to the trash bin.
A glass door from a china cabinet, kitchen cabinet doors, legs from a crib… that’s how this cabinet from Melissa of Shabby Love started out! Before paint you can easily identify all the random parts that Melissa and her husband used to construct their “Frankenstein cabinet.”
Lisa of Recaptured Charm had been waiting for a cabinet just like this one. A cabinet covered with cracks, warped, and filled with holes? Yep! That’s right! Lisa had plans for this cabinet that most would never think of.
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Lisa of Recaptured Charm must have given her Mr. Charming a big smooch when he came home bearing this gift. The wooden cabinet had apparently been used as a chest since the doors were secured shut and the top made removable.
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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.
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Gail from My Repurposed Life shows us with this project why she is the queen of repurposing! What started out as a curbside chest of drawers (with all but two if the drawers MIA!), Gail transformed into…
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After painting the cabinets in her master bathroom, Tracie from Cleverly Inspired couldn’t look past the now “blah” countertop. She was dabbling with the idea of reclaimed hardwood when she found some old house shutters at a salvage sale for $15. The lovely layers of chippy paint were just what Tracie needed to add some {…Read More…}
Erin from DIY On the Cheap transported this old library cart home in pieces all the way from her grandparent’s in Indiana to her home in Atlanta. Erin’s grandparents were the ones who rescued this beautiful piece from a vacant school building that was owned by a family friend. The cabinet had been sitting inside {…Read More…}
