Trash to Treasure projects
Catherine of Freddy & Petunia took on the motto of “Be fearless” when making over a pretty curved headboard and footboard set. She had repainted and upholstered the headboard but had something extra special in store for the footboard. Something that required her to… “be fearless.” Catherine took a saw to her pretty footboard, removing {…Read More…}
When Jen from 100 directions saw an Angry Bird Cheese Nips box while out grocery shopping, she knew that cardboard box packed more than yummy cheddar snack crackers. With school starting up, Jen had the fabulous idea to turn the characters from the box into bookmarks and id tags for her son. Yummy cheese crackers {…Read More…}
While driving along on her way to church last fall, Karin from Art Is Beauty spotted this table sitting curbside. It was among a bunch of other castoffs that Karin shoved into her truck before the owners banished them to the dumpster. The table had been sitting in Karin’s garage waiting for her to make {…Read More…}
Amy from A Nest for All Seasons found this chair on the curb and was excited about its potential until she saw that the bottoms of the legs were completely trashed. Since this seems to happen to Amy all the time, she decided to find a solution to those beat-up bottoms. Amy concealed the damage {…Read More…}
Cheryl from That’s What {Che} Said rescued this fantastic (but highly damaged) dresser from the Salvation Army. It had some “good bones” but needed a lot of cosmetic repair to fix all its dents, dings, scratches, and other ailments. It also needed some color to fit into Cheryl’s fabulous new craft space. There’s nothing inspiring {…Read More…}
A big old farmhouse has left diyDiva Kit with a lot of outdoor space to fill. Kit decided it was time she stop just laying on her porch floor and instead create some more appropriate seating. She started with this once black patio set that she’d painted years ago. Kit was inspired to create a {…Read More…}
Sheri from Awesome Sauce & Asshattery had a full skirted maxi dress in the back of her closet that rarely saw the light of day. Shari says, “It fits me like a tent anyway so why not just let it become one.” Literally! Sheri turned her barely worn dress into a quick and simple tot {…Read More…}
If you need an idea for repurposing a pallet, look no further than Becky from Beyond the Picket Fence. She has a section of her blog devoted to all her cool pallet upcycles. For this particular project, she cut the pallet in half, leaving the edge and middle boards to form the top for a {…Read More…}
