One woman's quest to salvage the world's castoffs, lock, stock and bauble
I had the day off of work last Friday and just one thing I wanted to accomplish: (finally) hang some art on the empty wall in our upstairs hallway. All of the photos in this post are of thrift store paintings, kids' art and mementos of our travels that I've collected and (sadly) stored in …
Some of you may have heard the town I live in -- Columbus, Wisconsin -- was hit hard by a storm early Monday morning. Thankfully, there were no tornadoes, no deaths and no injuries. Just straight line winds that the National Weather Service estimated blew through here at 90 to 110 mph. I don't mean …
In between a parade and a picnic and some fun with friends and family over the weekend, I did a quick makeover on World's Ugliest Stool. This is what the sad little stool looked like when I bought it at a thrift store a couple weeks ago. Yes, I actually paid money for it …
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After years of procrastination and false starts, I finally (and very tremulously) pushed the "publish" button on Blogger for the first time on Jan. 1. Six months and 38 posts later, blogging is still an unfolding mystery to me, but I have learned a lot. Mainly I've learned what not to do. In the interest …
I bought this tray from a secondhand store a while back. (But it didn't look like this then.) The "before" picture of the tray is below. I loved the size of the tray... ... and the dovetail joints... ... and the black metal handles. What I didn't like was the Christmas scene. I wanted to …
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In my last post (which you can find here), I wrote about my love of galvanized metal and my success with aging some of my bright, shiny new pieces using vinegar. Today, I'm going to write about the failures. Here's what I started with on the day of the de-shining: eight new containers (all picked up …