One woman's quest to salvage the world's castoffs, lock, stock and bauble
I made a new sign for my back porch. If you think it looks familiar ... ... it's because this is what's on the other side of it. I made the "noel" side of the sign back before Christmas (and blogged about it here.) After I put my holiday decorations away, my porch looked a …
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To celebrate the holidays -- and the end of my first semester in my second go-round with college -- I made myself a little Christmas present. Isn't it purdy? I've been crushing on the Pottery Barn JOY sign the whole Christmas season, but as a poor college student, I didn't have 59 discretionary dollars to spend …
Old, unwanted chairs have a way of finding me. This one was waiting for me on the curb outside of my son's apartment building in Milwaukee. Here's what it looked like when I found it. The hunter green was a little dated, but otherwise the chair was in great shape, so (much to my son's …
Here's a little train case I picked up at a thrift store ... Except when I bought it, it looked like this ... Cute little case, right? Except for the 1990s floral tapestry. I like to use old suitcases for storage (because a shelf full of vintage suitcases is much nicer to look at than …
With Halloween closing in, I decided to get in the spirit and make a double-double-toil-and-trouble sign. Here's what I started with: a thrift store frame I had bought a few years back, thinking it was the perfect size (11 1/2 inches by 36 inches) for a subway sign. I needed a sign blank, so I …
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