Trash to Treasure projects
Carrie blogs at Making Lemonade. I could totally relate to her description of the item that started this makeover. ”Enter this generic breakfast tray that we’ve had for at least a decade,” Carrie begins, “the type you get at Bed Bath & Beyond in the hopes that life will be filled with breakfasts in bed and lazy Sunday mornings. Then the reality hits and you find your 2-year-old using it as a surfboard down the deck stairs. HYPOTHETICALLY.”
Zu Haus At Home is the name of Moni’s blog. Imagine her surprise and delight when her husband presented her with this lovely serving tray.
At Namely Original, Emily says, “I want to show you a tray that we bought on a recent trip to Goodwill. This one was really ugly, but it was structurally sound. We knew that paint would do wonders to this little tray!”
Deb of Lake Girl Paints found a wooden tray at a flea market for only $1. She gave it a makeover inspired by her favorite coffee chain’s Christmas to-go cups.
Jeanette from Homa Style is always on a mission to find creative ways to repurpose items instead of trashing them, and, let me tell ya, the girl has a definite knack for it! It was a relatively simple process for Jeanette to transform this old kitchen drawer into a pretty tray.
Jane from Mamie Jane’s loves scourging thrift stores, flea markets, and the like for special treasures. From all her junking, she’d collected an assortment of yardsticks that were just waiting to become something new. When Jane found this tray with a broken glass base, she knew exactly what the future held for her yardsticks. Jane {…Read More…}
