Trash to Treasure projects
At Marty’s Musings, husband and wife team Marty and Tim have been working on giving their well-loved kitchen table a makeover. How did they know it was time for a makeover? Well, when your kitchen table top is showing this signs of hard family use (watermarks, scratches, pencil art) like this, it’s time to freshen it up a bit.
Linda from It All Started with Paint got this little table from the thrift store for only $5. Its transformation felt like an Olympic gymnastics competition for Linda, as it had her biting her nails and holding her breath at times to see how it would end.
Reeves from The Weathered Door is always on the hunt for a good project. While at a garage sale she came across this beat up, weathered table sitting apart from the sale items. Reeves just HAD to ask about it, and it’s a good thing she did because the owner planned on getting rid of the table and said Reeves could have it.
How’d you like to make your very own suitcase table in less than 20 minutes? Johnnie from Saved By Love Creations shows you how! She got this vintage suitcase from a friend, and the table was a curbside find.
We all need those quickie projects to provide a little diversion from the longer, more tedious ones. This pedestal table that Karin from Art Is Beauty plucked from her neighbor’s trash was just the fun little undertaking she needed.
For Liz Marie, it’s important that the items in her home remind her of the people she loves. When she got this table from her grandmother, Liz Marie knew she wanted to restore it so she could enjoy it as a frequent reminder of her grandparents. Liz Marie refinished the table with blue chalk paint, {…Read More…}
Carrie from Hooked on Decorating received this drum table from her mom over a year ago and recently had the chance to pull it out of the basement for its makeover. She tried more than four different finishes on the table but was simply not feeling the love. Carrie decided to set the project aside {…Read More…}
What started out as a sad and boring end table, Taryn from Design, Dining + Diapers turned into a chic and rustic piece of furniture. Taryn transformed this drab brown table with white paint and some old trellis wood found in the backyard. Adding a wood top to an existing table is such a great {…Read More…}
