I inherited a box of vintage magazines with interesting covers. To display the covers, I used an old window. My friend gave me two windows from Black Dog Salvage (read about my family connection to Black Dog here) and after seeing them, I knew that I’d use one for wall decor. I used the window…
This week has been spring break and I’ve spent my time getting my home and garden ready for spring. In celebration of spring, I’m sharing how I’m decorating my flower beds outside with DIY bird feeders that I made using vintage snack sets. If you like to thrift shop, you’ve probably spotted snack sets for…
A few months ago I was contacted to ask if one of my projects could be featured in the spring issue of Flea Market Outdoors. This issue has been out for a few weeks and I thought I’d share my fun news. My project is a simple DIY that I shared in May…
A paper towel holder was needed for our lake house and being the DIY type, I decided to make my own. My DIY Industrial Paper Towel Holder is perfect for our lake house kitchen counter. Our paper towel holder will fit in perfectly with the industrial vibe in our lake house.. You can see in…
Last night I looked through my blog for the entire year and picked ten favorite projects. On Thursday I’ll share the top ten according to my stats but today’s top ten are ones that I personally liked that didn’t show up in my top 10 according to my analytics. In no particular order, here are…
On a trip to Goodwill, I discovered a vintage teacher’s desk. Being a 26 year teaching veteran, I instantly fell in love with this desk even though it was in bad condition. This piece is huge and heavy. Lucky for me, Mr. SP had driven his vintage Ranger to work and was able to drive…
Have you seen the handy crates that Home Depot sells? We used four of these crates to make a DIY Crate Cabinet with sliding drawers. When I was at Haven over the summer there was a display showing uses for crates and ideas for things that could be made using them. A cabinet made with…
Our lake house construction is rolling along and we hope to be able to move in by Halloween. (Fingers crossed!) If it ever stops raining long enough for me to take pictures, I’ll share a house update. One thing that been on my “to-do” list for the house is to rewire two 1968 jug lamps…
I’ve got two makeover to share today: a Goodwill lamp and Cargo end tables. The lamp is my favorite, so let’s start there. A few weeks ago my mom and I stopped at a Goodwill where I spotted a lamp that I really liked. My mom thinks that it is from the 1960’s, but you…
Our porch got a mini makeover with a DIY Carpet Installation. Do you have projects that you’ve thought about doing for years but never taken action to complete? Please tell me that it is not just me… Our house has a side porch that we use as our main entry. It has Plexiglass panels that…
Pantry organization makes life in the kitchen so much easier. Come see how I organize my pantry and get tips to use to organize the pantry in your home. My pantry is now as organized as it is going to be and I’d like to share a few tips that work for me for keeping…
It’s time for another knockoff tour! Back in the spring a group of my blogging friends decided to challenge each other to knockoff a project from a popular design store or catalog. My project for was a knockoff of Plow and Hearth’s Chevron End Table. For this fall’s second knockoff tour, I was inspired…