Trash to Treasure projects
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…}
Suesan from Frou FruGal snatched up this chair from an antique store for $8. She had intended to redo the cane seating but had to go back to the drawing board due to some irreparable damage. After stripping and refinishing the chair frame, Suesan turned her attention to new plans for the seat. I gotta {…Read More…}
Heidi from My Beautiful Mess got this upholstered storage bench at a garage sale years ago and was about to take it to Goodwill when she decided to save it and make it new. With a fun new color and fabric, the bench has found new life in Heidi’s daughter’s room. It’s the perfect place {…Read More…}
Jessica from Four Generations, One Roof! needed a small couch for her foyer but only had this rather large one on hand. What’s a girl to do? Buy a smaller couch? Nope! How about chop the big one in half? Yep! Jessica seriously did use what she had for this project from the couch itself {…Read More…}
Mary from MK Design & Décor happened upon this fantastic arm chair lying beside a dumpster while on her way to dinner. It took some serious dedication to maneuver it into her small car, but Mary eventually managed to wedge it into her passenger seat upside down. Mary says, “This find was a dream come {…Read More…}
Catherine from Paisley & Polka Dot Threads was lucky enough to find this stool on Freecycle for, of course, FREE! The lady getting rid of it told Catherine it was “sturdy, but ugly.” Luckily, ugly is easy to fix! Catherine had to prep the frame for painting by chipping off veneer and sanding it smooth. {…Read More…}
Jennifer from Monkey See, Monkey Do found a basic, inexpensive black computer chair on the side of the road. It was in good shape, just boring! Why settle for boring when you can have something fun and special? Jennifer jazzed up her plain Jane chair by recovering it with a printed fabric that matches her {…Read More…}
