Long-term quarantining is, quite honestly, the best thing that has happened to my garage in a long time. It’s the only thrift store I have access to and I’m uncovering things I’d long forgotten about. And one of those things was a square-shaped cutting board. I decided it was the perfect piece to make a stenciled sign that was inspired by a vintage pay phone.Read more ›
French Farmhouse Decor from the Thrift Store
July 25, 2018 · By · 72 Comments
I wanted to take a quick detour from my normal upcycling and repurposing projects for a slightly different kind of blog post. Today, I wanted to dive into thrift store decor a little deeper, because shopping secondhand is near and dear to me. In fact, it’s the foundation of everything I do here on my blog. Think of this as a “Shop the Look” kind of post, but not with fashion. Instead, we’re going work on a “Thrift the Look” home decor vignette using a magazine photo as inspiration. And the theme of this Thrift the Look post is French Farmhouse Decor. Read more ›
25+ Upcycling Ideas and Repurposing Projects for Cutting Boards
May 20, 2018 · By · 9 Comments
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: cutting boards and wooden bread boards from thrift stores are some of my all-time favorite treasures. Sure, they’re plain and scarred from knife use. BUT, they are truly blank canvases that are destined for any number of upcycling ideas and craft projects.
Restoring a Small Footstool with a Wooden Cutting Board
March 23, 2017 · By · 76 Comments
I don’t buy much thrift store furniture for upcycling projects, simply because I usually repurpose small items from the housewares section. But I couldn’t pass up this small footstool that I saw the other day. Its rush seat was unraveling, but I could tell it had good bones and was a nice piece of primitive furniture. So, I decided to try my hand at restoring it.Read more ›
Farmhouse Coffee Sign from a Cutting Board
September 8, 2016 · By · 83 Comments
Now that cooler weather is approaching (hurray!), I thought a coffee-themed project would be wonderfully seasonal. Both my husband and I love coffee, so I decided to make a farmhouse coffee sign for our kitchen.Read more ›
Farmhouse Tray from an Over the Sink Cutting Board
November 19, 2015 · By · 103 Comments
With the holidays on my mind, I wanted to create something decorative but also functional for entertaining guests. But I’m not too keen on spending a lot of money right before Christmas. I spied this over the sink cutting board on the shelf during a recent thrifting adventure. And I knew it had a LOT of potential to become a farmhouse tray.Read more ›
Domino Clock as Playroom Wall Decor
August 12, 2014 · By · 98 Comments
My husband, Jon, is a game guy- computer games, board games, card games. To combine my love of vintage with his love of games, our home office is decorated with old wooden game boards from the 1930s-1950s. They make for great wall decor and it’s been a fun challenge to hunt them down. So, I decided to build him a domino clock to hang alongside the vintage games.Read more ›
