Trash to Treasure projects
At her blog C.R.A.F.T., Jamie explains that when her husband moved ahead of her to start a new job, he acquired a few pieces of free furniture to temporarily furnish their place while he waited for her to arrive with their actual household goods. This beat up chair was one of the freebies.
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.”
Anne of Because Home Should Be Great found this wobbly, old chair in the parking lot of her favorite thrift store. Apparently, it was in such bad shape that the thrift store didn’t even want it! She took it home and worked a little magic on it.
At The Happy Tulip, Amy confesses that she’d been without a desk chair for quite some time, and was hoping to find an inexpensive replacement. When she drove past this wobbly little chair on the curbside, it was love at first sight–Amy knew she’d found her desk chair.
Gail’s friend had an antique chair that was taking up too much storage space in her garage and passed it on to Gail, hoping she could find a place for it somewhere else. Gail, of My {Re}purposed Life, had a feeling that if the chair got a face lift it would be welcomed home with open arms. She decided to surprise her friend with a makeover!
Crutches, bike wheels, and tire inner tubes may seem like an odd combination of materials, but Ryan McFarland from zieak.com shares on instructables how to turn them into a pretty cool and functional stool. Ryan nabbed his metal crutches from a thrift store for only $2 a pop. With the crutches and wheels forming the {…Read More…}
Johnnie from Saved By Love Creations was cruisin’ along on her to way to a girl’s night when she spotted this ugly old dining chair with raggedy cushion curbside. Once she felt how solid the chair was, she knew it was indeed a good find. Just look at all those curves and the detailed wood {…Read More…}
