Trash to Treasure projects
At The Lovely Cupboard, Heather has been working on redecorating her guest room. One of the projects? Getting some gorgeous artwork on the walls. She found a piece of art at a flea market that had a lovely gold frame, but the matting and art were, um, not exactly the look Heather was going for in her guest room.
When Gail from My Repurposed Life found this old record cabinet, it was in really bad shape. It was scruffy and water damaged. Luckily, Gail has a great imagination and could see possibilities where most people would only see a trip to the trash bin.
Bryan and Maria from Our Lake Life had this table frame sitting in their yard after the glass top was shattered during a storm. While most people would throw it away, Bryan and Marie knew they could make it useful again. Bryan made a new tabletop from pine boards, and Maria beautified it with a {…Read More…}
Karen from Redoux got this old, well-used changing table from her neighbor. It had been once been “host to many a little bottom” before it was no longer needed and landed outside. With a fresh coat of turquoise paint and some poly for outdoor protection, the old changing table now serves as a buffet for {…Read More…}
Elise from Creativity in DIY made over this trashed chair into a really cool doily graphic design. She found the chair waiting for the garbage man at a neighbor’s house. Elise writes “I cleaned, but didn’t sand the chair, then taped a piece of a lace curtain panel across the seat and the larger back {…Read More…}
Karen from Redoux Interiors has about as much luck of finding Roadkill Rescue as I do. She is one trashy lady…and I say that with the most utmost respect {giggle}. She found an old wood ladder that just needed some bright turquoise paint to make it pop. Besides being useful to get one higher they {…Read More…}
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…}
Karin from Art Is Beauty picked up this nasty vanity right as it was about to be thrown into a dumpster. It was covered in spider eggs and the drawers were warped. Karin actually found the manufacturing sticker on the mirror while working that dated this piece back to 1947. I guess after 65 years {…Read More…}
