Re-Purposing this Room & Furniture into Something Special
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Comments (57)Deanne, loved your halloween vignette. You find the neatest containers and I love finials in any form and material. Michelle. I am amazed that your copper boiler has lasted that long. Who knew, copper would be so long lasting in the garden? Norma...enjoyed both your whiskey barrel pics and the pic of you waterinjg it. I have two whiskey barrels, but I have been growing peas up a trellis in them. String beans in the summer. I keep trying to plant something pretty around the edge, but nothing has looked good yet. Ei...great watercan collection! My fav is the purple. Also found the birdbath with succulents so eye catching with the alliums which are huge! I am a big fan of wire racks and mossed containers. I have one hay rack to fill this spring and I am going to need help figuring out how to moss it. Denise...I love your trio of wire baskets with succulents. Are they heavy? What did you use to hang them? I also love your bird cage idea with the candles in it. Marian...Your Achimines is so unusual. It reminds me of a streptocarpus, one of my favorites. Eden, the dish drainer is amazing! lol I would have never thought to put the dishes in it..and it fits just perfect! I have often wanted to catch a few yard sales to find some unusual containers to try to repurpose like this, but I seem to garden away most weekends in prime yard sale season. I did buy a couple of wire wastebaskets with the intention of mossing and filling, but I never did get around to it. There's always this year...hope springs eternal. Okay, who pray tell, is Angela? [g] pm2...See MoreAnother re-purposed Craig's list piece of furniture
Comments (5)I forgot!... @ pps7.. your buffet repurposed into a changing table looks great... and it can be reused later for something else is the best part.. I think you got a great price on it.. I think I pretty much stole mine at 100.00... The lady was so nice, I honestly don't think she had sold anything on Craigs list before because she actually held it for me till I could go nab my husband off the golf course since he had the truck that day, to go get it...She had all sorts of stuff for sale so cheap....They were downsizing to an apartment and selling all sorts of household items. She offered me a nice piano for 200.00. I told her I would check and see if my daughter might be interested in it but she wasn't. I called the sweet lady back and told her so and that I thought she could get a lot more for the piano. I hate to see someone rip themselves off....Anyway I think your price was a great price.. sometimes we can't hold off looking for a better price when something that pretty comes along. It has beautiful lines and legs to it...Debbie...See MoreRe-purposing old (or new) items
Comments (21)I had a cheap secretary office chair. Its back became useless and the back support failed, In preparation to discard it, I took the back off and inspiration hit. The low seat with casters was perfect as a roll around seat on the garage floor when servicing equipment such as lawn mowers, bicycles, and autos. It beats stooping over to get at low places like waxing the lower panels of a car. We recycle dozens of 64 fluid oz plastic bottles, but a few have been put to other uses. Using shears, I cut the bottom off and gave the end a scoop shape. The handle and lid was left in place. It made a good bird seed scoop. There were some scraps of lumber left over from building our house. Some measurements, a few hand saw cuts, and nailing the parts together gave me a nail carrier. I've been using that thing for 40 years. Other scraps were used to make 3 shelves for the back of the garage. Asphalt sealer comes in large plastic buckets. About every 5 to 7 years, my driveway gets a coat of sealer. Not all of the buckets were discarded. I kept about 10 of these and those come in handy for a variety of chores. If I need a ballast weight to hold me lawn mower handle down to tip the mower up for removing the blade, I grab a bucket, go out back and put in a few rocks from the rock pile and now I have a ballast weight to do the job. Other buckets can store sun flower seed after the sack has been opened. Setting the lid on the bucket makes a mouse and insect proof container....See MoreIdeas for countertop with re-purposed kitchen cabinets
Comments (9)I had a dining table, solid cherry that I repurposed for a counter. It already had the beveled edge. You could try a local thrift/consignment/habitat for humanity to see what you could find there. Another option would be to try a local lumber store. I purchased a 1/2" solid oak board 24" x 72". I added a piece of oak trim to the edges, used poly on it. You can also get other species of wood. Or, 3/4" plywood (birch, oak, cherry veneer?) and add wood trim to the edges and poly. All of these would be < $100 if DIY :). (assuming less than about 8' of counter)...See MoreRelated Professionals
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