Trash to Treasure projects
Over at The Little Moments, Amy Jo tells how she acquired these cool chairs that have a mid-century modern vibe. ” I drove around the corner and saw an estate sale in progress. My car was already filled to the brim with the kids, so I drove past. Amazingly, I was taking them to a play date. I passed it again on the way back home, and decided to stop.”
At Pandora’s Craft Box, Loren had dining room chairs that had been through a lot. Along with being hand-me-downs, they’d been with Loren for seven years and they’ve been moved six times–three of those times out of state! They’d taken a beating.
At Fiveorite Things, Nicki tells us, “I was driving into work and spied a crappy chair that someone had put out for garbage pick up. I just new I could bring it back to life! So I threw it in my van and brought it home.”
At My Painted Stuff, Dee tells the story of how she acquired this chair. A roadside find, she had just pulled over to pick it up when she saw another woman doing the same thing. ”Needless to say, I beat her to it. Sometimes you just want it more then the next guy,” Dee laughs.
When a family friend told Reeves they had some furniture in their garage they were going to get rid of, she went right over to take it off their hands. Reeves, who blogs at The Weathered Door, took the unwanted furniture home and gave it some TLC.
Jami from Freckled Laundry loves to make a beeline for the white clothing racks at thrift stores. She says, “I always find the prettiest fabrics (cotton, linen, voile) with awesome details (ruffles, lace, ruching) that can be repurposed for so many textile projects.”
Jenna of SAS Interiors had been wanting to try her hand at reupholstering for awhile but was held back by her own uncertainty of whether or not she could actually take on the task. After gaining the confidence she needed, Jenna dove in and found her guinea pig at a thrift store.
Hillary at The Friendly Home toted this chewed up chair home from the curb at the request of her daughter. The Nate-loving, on-the-rise roadkill rescuer spotted it on her way to school and begged Hillary to snag it on the way home.
