Trash to Treasure projects
“While at the thrift store about a year ago, I found a pair of scuffed up white ballet flats that looked pretty sad but fit quite nicely,” says Autum of It’s Always Autumn. She brought them home, but confesses, “I stuck them in my closet, and promptly forgot about them!”
Aly blogs at Entirely Eventful Day, where she offers a tutorial for a sunburst mirror that starts with a hilariously hideous thrift store platter. ”I forced my sister to go to the thrift store with me and when she saw me put this in the cart she was like, ‘What in the world are you possibly going to do with that?’” Aly laughs.
Over at Honeybear Lane, Heidi has been working on projects for her daughter’s nursery. She’s not revealing the whole room, yet, but she thought of a fun way to incorporate these two bar stools.
Add Restoration Redoux, Shanna has been working on a really unique project. She explains, “I got these strange rollers with lamp bases attached at a yard sale for a dollar a piece. Turns out they were originally from a wallpaper company in Sweden from the 60′s. They were dipped in ink and then printed the pattern on the wallpaper.”
Sara from Thrifty Treasures had a piano bench that had seen better days. She also had a sample can of paint in a bright coral color that she was interested in using. Since Sara usually gravitates towards softer colors, she wanted to try that bright coral on something small, first. The old piano bench was a perfect opportunity.
At What’s Ur Home Story, Vidya has a great way to dress up pine cones for Christmas decor. If you have a yard with pine trees or live near a park or nature preserve that has them, then pine cones will be free and plentiful at this time of year.
Kaisa from Sentimental Journey had an old and very inexpensive lamp from Ikea that was about to meet its end in the trash can. However, the fortunate lamp was saved from demise by a bouquet of dried roses that Kaisa had from her birthday. Instead of trashing the lamp, Kaisa glammed it up with the {…Read More…}
