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Wisconsin Magpie

One woman's quest to salvage the world's castoffs, lock, stock and bauble

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Author: Lisa Cestkowski

A history nerd and profligate collector, I spend way too much of my free time at thrift stores and garage sales, salvaging other people's castoffs. When I'm home, I'm trying to find new uses for old things and undertaking projects well beyond my skill level. Sometimes they actually turn out.
Posted on August 29, 2019September 24, 2020

Building a junk turkey from thrift store parts

junk turkey made from vintage kitchenware

Junk turkey season is here! I'm digging into my cache of collected kitchen castoffs and assembling them into something resembling a Thanksgiving bird.

Posted on July 30, 2019September 24, 2020

Vintage typewriter table gets a chalk paint update

Vintage typewriter cart makeover by Wisconsin Magpie

A vintage typewriter table gets a modern farmhouse-style update with black chalk paint and grain sack stripes.

Posted on July 10, 2019September 24, 2020

Giving an old hardware organizer a makeover

Hardware organizer with numbered drawer fronts

Underneath this cute little numbered drawer set was a sad plastic hardware organizer just waiting for a makeover.

Posted on June 20, 2019September 24, 2020

Statue of Liberty sign for the porch

By now, my husband really should know better than to leave plywood laying around out in the open inside our garage where anybody who lives here can steal it. If he wants to keep the plywood for his own use he should hide it somewhere out of sight, amirite? Anyhoo, in a related matter, here's …

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Posted on January 23, 2019September 24, 2020

A miniature winter village of little white houses

Today's snowstorm kept me home from work and school and gave me a chance to finally finish a craft project I had started before Christmas: a mini winter village.

Posted on January 1, 2019August 15, 2019

2018: The year in review

black 2018 cardboard numbers

Happy new year, blog friends. As 2018 winds to a close, I'm taking a look back on some of the past year's blog highlights.

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Welcome to Wisconsin Magpie. I’m Lisa, the creator of this site.

A history nerd and profligate collector, I spend way too much of my free time at thrift stores and garage sales, salvaging other people’s castoffs. When I’m home, I’m attempting to use power tools I have no idea how to operate and undertaking craft projects well beyond my skill level. Sometimes they actually turn out.

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