Amazing Grace Window Banner

Ok, I know this is not everyone's style, but it's mine! I took some vintage sheet music and ran it through my printer and printed the phrase, "AMAZING GRACE". Cut out the squares with each letter, and glued to squares of burlap just a little bigger than my letters. I then punched holes and placed some scrapbook eyelets and ran a piece of jute twine through the holes and attached each end to my curtain rod.

Candle Holders Turned Plant Stand

I got these old candle holders off a local yard sale site.  They were designed to hold tapers.  Then I cut and sanded a piece of scrap pine and screwed it to the candle holders and gave it a coat of paint.  I used this for a plant stand on my patio!

Vintage Doll Cradle Given New Life

I found this old doll cradle at a yard sale for $10. I spray painted it with Rustoleum to endure the elements and added a piece of laminated glass for a topper to make a really cute side table for my porch!

Old Spool Coffee Table

This was a total freebie for me (well, almost)! A family member passed away and when the family was cleaning out their belongings, they were going to throw this old spool away. I took it and added a portion of some bannister rails I had found at a yard sale  couple of years before. I found the white  "feet" in a dump pile. They were dining table legs someone had thrown away.  I saved them and cut off the bottoms and attached to the spool to give it the desired height. Then I stained it in a dark stain and rubbed a coat of polyurethane on the whole thing.

Patio table given new life!

This was a fun Saturday morning project. I had a patio table that had that fake wicker trim around the edge. It had rotted over time and fell off. So I raided my son's marble jar, and glued them around the edge with some E6000 adhesive. I love quirky things, so this for perfectly into my decor!

A "New" Old Vanity

This is one of my favorite projects! I found an old dry sink at an auction for$20, and added a new vessel sink and faucet I found on ebay really cheap. I sanded the finish here and there and restained it, cut a little off the front board to accommodate the sink and I got a "new" vanity for a  small bath!

Child's Wardrobe

This took a little time, but wasn't too difficult. I found an old chest of drawers at an auction for $20 . I removed all but the bottom drawer, cut waferboard to put on the back and sides, attached a few pieces of scrap plank floor boards over the bottom drawer. I fastened a large dowel rod to use for hanging clothes and made a really cute wardrobe for my first grandchild!

Cheapskate DIY Bedroom Remodel!!

So, I don't know what your style is, but mine is C-H-E-A-P!! I just can't bear to pay what stores charge for the simplest things!  So I am always on the hunt for bargains, or junk that can be repurposed into something new.  I totally redid my bedroom for around $300.  That includes painting, and laying new glueless hardwood flooring.  We happened to be at an auction and they sold a lot of the snap-together glueless flooring - we got it for $130.00.  We laid it ourselves, of course.  A couple of gallons of paint and we were ready to decorate.  I purchased cheap flat sheets at Wal-mart for about $15, split them and sewed 1/2 to 1/2 of the other one and sewed ties along the top.  I found a gorgeous wooden curtain rod at Lowe's on clearance for $10. Everything else is pretty much yard sale finds.  I scored an old sewing cabinet, painted it ivory and stenciled the "Love is Kind' poem around the edge. Bought an old chair for $5 and a burlap sack for $3 to recover the seat.  Hanging on either side of the bed are a pair of yardsale shutters ($4) I split in half and attached a piece of wood to the bottom, hollowed out a hole for a tealight, and found a couple of old light fixture globes we had in the garage to make hanging candle holders.  The night stand on the other side of the bed was a yard sale find - $3 - painted it ivory.  The wall words, I purchased on ebay for about $13.00.  The hanging items and shelf were yardsale finds - painted them all ivory and filled one with some ivory roses I had laying around from craft project leftovers. I needed something to do with jewelry, so I found some old vintage jello molds and screwed them onto a scrap piece of barnwood.  Glued a few pearl strands and some lace and voila!