Category: DIY
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How to Make Over a Thrifted Blanket Trunk
Well, the last three weeks have been quite an adventure. We’ve had breakdowns, accidents, injuries, life changes, work changes and exhaustion. For awhile there, I was on a simple loop of coping and sleeping. Things seem to be getting to a state of equilibrium now, in my new normal. I’ve been wanting to show you…
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How to Make a Grain Sack Striped Workshop Table
I’ve been working on my workshop (craft-slash-office space) for some time. I knew that I wanted to paint the main work table, but I could NOT decide what color or style. Stained top? Painted legs? Plain white? Something fun? It’s been a major stumbling block for moving forward on this room. That and the jigsaw…
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How to Makeover a Thrifted Wall Cabinet
After that great garage sale, I was feeling like making something happen in my life. Do you ever feel that way? That you just want to Make Something Happen? I do. I definitely do. The thing is, I have lots of life projects that I work on — building my business, trying to be a…
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How to Make a Vintage-Style Wooden Sign Letter
I don’t know about you, but I love typography. I have a thing for old signs, old letters from signs, all that kind of thing. And I’ve always thought it would be fun to have an old, vintage oversized wooden letter in my creative space to inspire me. Before I even started I knew I…
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How to Makeover a Vintage Radio Cabinet
I know you’ve probably been wondering what cabinet it was I’ve been doing all these projects on! The cabinet access hole, then the little mini curtain… clearly I am up to something. After I got discouraged about the someday mud room, I started working on my workshop (aka office / craft room), and I kind…
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How to Hang Super-Cheap Small Cabinet Curtains
It would be nice if everything we needed to do in our offices, or kitchens, or workshops had pretty equipment and supplies. It really would. But of course, in most people’s lives there’s things you really need easy access to, but don’t want to necessarily have on display. Like a charging station for example. In…
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How to Drill a Cabinet Access Hole
I love thrifted furniture. Often well-built, with more durability and character than anything you could buy new, thrifted furniture is funky and fun. Even more bonus? It’s often cheaper! But, old furniture doesn’t come with all the convenient punch-outs and access panels that new furniture does. So if you’re using an old piece of…
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How to Rub’n’Buff Raised Letters or Numbers
So, when I told you about my thrifted mantel clock makeover, I may have left out one little thing. I had a little mini-fail right in the middle of the project. I’ve never used Rub’N’Buff before, and when painting the little raised numbers on the clock face, it all went wrong. Not once, but twice!!!…
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How to Take Apart a Battery Clock Movement
Yesterday when I told you about my thrifted mantel clock makeover, I mentioned that I disassembled the “clock part” so that I could sand and paint the clock, and I thought that you might be interested in exactly how I did that. So, technically, the part of the clock that makes it go is called…
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How to Makeover a Thrifted Mantel Clock
Over the summer I did a fair bit of thrifting and yard saleing, but I was too busy to do anything with all my finds. I didn’t even photograph most of them! Now that the harvest season business is settling down, and I find myself with little bits of time when I’m not frantically picking,…