Trash to Treasure projects
Tami from Curb Alert answered an ad on her local Freecycle website and ended up with a broken whitewashed dresser. It was quite the shabby little fellow, but nothing Tami couldn’t tackle when armed with some sandpaper. Tami sanded off all of the dirty, washed out white and replaced it with a rich walnut finish. {…Read More…}
Jenna from SAS Interiors had been stockpiling away the pretty blue bottles from her favorite sparkling water. Like Jenna, there’s no way I would trash one of these beauties – just too much repurposing potential there! Jenna’s first upcycling project involved creating a very cool torch-like candle by inserting a large wick and lantern oil {…Read More…}
It’s always exciting when a discovery during one project inspires another. That’s exactly what happened when Marji of Ashbee Design was trimming down branches for her rustic grill screen and noticed the beauty of the thin wood slices. Marji glued several slices together to create lovely woodland flowers. It seems fitting that she hung several {…Read More…}
Back-to-school means a flurry of papers, supplies, and busy schedules. Luckily, there are some frugal ideas out there for beating the back-to-school frenzy. Jamie from Creating Really Awesome Free Things shares on Homes.com how she created a organizational center for “all things kid and school” from a thrifted shutter door. Jamie first prettied up her {…Read More…}
Don’t know what to do with all your old and broken jewelry? Turn it into a decorative letter that’s full of glitz and glam! Kate of Mr. Kate created a fabric covered letter from foam core and then blinged it out with old baubles. You don’t even have to limit yourself to old jewelry alone {…Read More…}
Thirty Handmade Days contributors Shawna and Devenie from Salty Bison have a couple clever tricks up their sleeves for turning an out-of-date bread box into a functional storage space once again. While the pretty blue paint, chevron paper, and refabbed hardware are a definite upgrade from the drab brown and kitchen gunk, it’s what’s inside {…Read More…}
For Liz Marie, it’s important that the items in her home remind her of the people she loves. When she got this table from her grandmother, Liz Marie knew she wanted to restore it so she could enjoy it as a frequent reminder of her grandparents. Liz Marie refinished the table with blue chalk paint, {…Read More…}
Carrie from Hooked on Decorating received this drum table from her mom over a year ago and recently had the chance to pull it out of the basement for its makeover. She tried more than four different finishes on the table but was simply not feeling the love. Carrie decided to set the project aside {…Read More…}
