Trash to Treasure projects
At Holey Knees and Dragonflies, Stacey found a cool looking pair of metal chairs out in her father-in-law’s backyard. Turned out he had pulled them out of a garbage pile on the side of the road, and wasn’t quite sure what to do with them. Good thing Stacey knew what to do! She painted the {…Read More…}
Lori from Bleak 2 Unique jumped on a Craigslist posting for free chairs and was blessed with three lovely “ladies.” A little dinged and dirty, yes, but full of lovely details and promise. With so many design options to choose from, Lori decided to tackle the chairs one at a time and test the possibilities. {…Read More…}
Suesan from Frou FruGal snatched up this chair from an antique store for $8. She had intended to redo the cane seating but had to go back to the drawing board due to some irreparable damage. After stripping and refinishing the chair frame, Suesan turned her attention to new plans for the seat. I gotta {…Read More…}
Most office chairs are pretty boring to look at. Why not liven things up a bit and work in style like Kendra over at My Insanity? She took this old, ugly desk chair and gave it a fresh and fun look. With the help of her mother, Kendra jazzed up the blah black plastic with {…Read More…}
Heidi from My Beautiful Mess got this upholstered storage bench at a garage sale years ago and was about to take it to Goodwill when she decided to save it and make it new. With a fun new color and fabric, the bench has found new life in Heidi’s daughter’s room. It’s the perfect place {…Read More…}
Heidi from My Beautiful Mess found these dining room chairs at an estate sale for $5 each. They were quite the steal, so Heidi wedged them into her little sedan and schlepped them home. Heidi gave each chair its own personal color and fabric treatment, and they are now gorgeous fixtures in her colorful kitchen. {…Read More…}
Jessica from Four Generations, One Roof! needed a small couch for her foyer but only had this rather large one on hand. What’s a girl to do? Buy a smaller couch? Nope! How about chop the big one in half? Yep! Jessica seriously did use what she had for this project from the couch itself {…Read More…}
Lori from Bleak 2 Unique picked up a free piano a while back but ended up passing it on to another DIYer. However, she couldn’t bring herself to let go of the bench. Who doesn’t love a good bench, mostly a sturdy wood one that can easily be made beautiful once again? The bottom of {…Read More…}
