At Marty’s Musings, Marty had a kitchen backsplash that had seen better days and no longer suited her kitchen decor. Outside, she had a pile of wood salvaged from a neighbors old fence. Marty and her husband figured out a way to transform both.
Upcycled Baby Food Jars
March 4, 2013 By
At Make Life Lovely, Laura has been coming up with ways to upcycle empty baby food jars. Her latest project is super versatile.
Reclaimed Wood Coat Rack
December 30, 2012 By
At Shona Skye Creations, Kristy had some old wood that had been removed from her deck. She’d saved it from the dumpster, hoping to be able to use it for a project someday. Someday arrived, when Kristy was eyeing the big, empty wall in her bedroom and thought of a way to use that space.
Holiday Sign from Reclaimed Wood
December 18, 2012 By
At Simply Thrifty, Megan says, “I’ve been seeing some beautiful signs on Pinterest for awhile and had the desire to create one for our household. A few weeks ago, while driving to pick up our Christmas tree, I drove past some old fence wood on the side of the road.” It was tricky to fit the wood and the Christmas tree into her van, but Megan did it!
Junk Wood Christmas Centerpiece
December 10, 2012 By
The before picture for this project has a funny story to go along with it. Katie–who blogs at Creatively Living–spotted this wood sticking out of a garbage pile while she was on a family jog. She convinced her husband to help her load it onto the back of their stroller so she could haul it home. What a sight!
Scrap Wood Christmas Tree
December 9, 2012 By
Marty and her husband, Tim, worked on this project together and blogged about it at Marty’s Musings. Tim reports that thanks to Pinterest, he rarely evhoer tosses scrap wood into the fire, anymore. Now he’s using it to make holiday decorations.
DIY Scrap Wood Wall
October 30, 2012 By
Brittany, known on her blog as the Pretty Handy Girl, had a pile of pallets and wood scraps lying around in her workshop. She also had a blank wall in the bonus room/art studio that she’s renovating at her house. Brittany figured out how to use up all that extra wood to turn a blank wall into a gorgeous focal point.
Old Fence Wall Art
October 12, 2012 By
As part of my Operation Restoration: Home Edition at Infarrantly Creative, I turned fence boards into a large piece of wall décor for a friend’s home. I happened to score the fencing for free off Craigslist earlier this year.
