Last year we found one of those old french provincial bedroom sets at a yardsale. The set had a twin size bed, a corner vanity, and a desk. They were asking a fraction of what we would have expected to pay, so we took it home with us! For more than a year now it’s […]

I love thrift and antique stores. If I’m in the mood to go shopping, that is usually where I’d prefer to go. I love old, well loved treasures, and sometimes I really enjoy finding treasures that could use a little love and fixing them up. I’ve been looking for a little table top jewelry box for […]

We were headed home and saw this poor old desk sitting on the side of the road.  It was a beat up, lonely mess. It had random old strips of duct tape melting into it’s surfaces. It looked as if it had been used as a teething toy for a puppy, left in the rain […]

I have a minor obsession with house plants. Ok, maybe it’s more than a minor obsession. I have too many (dozens), but I love them all. Most of my plants have sentimental value. Some were purchased to commemorate momentous times in life like the births of my children, a particularly difficult miscarriage, or buying our first […]

Last summer we purchased an abandoned storage unit. When someone who is renting a storage unit stops paying and abandons the unit, the storage unit facility auctions them off to recoup costs, and clear out the unit so it can be rented out again to someone who will pay the rental fees.  I’ve been having […]

Isn’t that the saddest dresser you’ve ever seen? We found this dresser in an abandoned storage unit. It was beat up. Scratched, dinged, missing hardware, broken and depressing.  I tried to sell it as is. It was not a project I really wanted to take on.  We listed it on our local Facebook yard sale […]

A really great way to find old furniture to fix up is through storage auctions. Have you ever been to one? When someone stops paying for their storage unit after awhile they auction them off. You buy the whole unit and everything in it. It’s my husbands current obsession, but I’ll admit it’s been fun! […]

*This post contains affiliate links* A few months ago I saw that a favorite paint company was hosting a “Second Chances“ furniture makeover contest.  I mulled it over for awhile and decided I was just too busy.  The deadline is Monday, and I’ve changed my mind.  I don’t expect to win for a number of reasons (like […]

  I’ve been looking for another lantern decoration for awhile now.  Usually if I can find one I like it costs more than I want to spend, so when I found this one at a thrift store the other day I took it home with me! *This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. You can read […]

This post could also be titled “Why I should never buy furniture meant to be flipped, because I get attached.”  I really love the online yardsale sites.  You can find some really great things without wasting gas driving all over town early on your Saturday morning! I found this little side table, and thought it […]

My husbands great Uncle built this kitchen play cabinet for Hubby and his cousins to play with.  It lived at his Grandmothers home for many years.  Somehow we were lucky enough to acquire it, and I love it!  The older two kids played with it for years, they’ve since outgrown it, but the little one […]

I gave the kids bathroom a little budget bathroom makeover recently!  Nothing really fancy, just some cosmetic changes.  It is amazing how much better it looks and feels now though! *this post may contain affiliate links. You can view my full disclosure here.* This is the bathroom before.  Nothing special.  The previous owners did a terrible […]

I have been looking for a great sewing chair for the Craft Shack for awhile now!  I came across this one when an acquaintance was helping her father get rid of some things and “free” was the perfect price!  It needed some work though!   Spray paint is my best friend for quick updates without almost […]

I found myself in need of something to sit on occasionally while crafting! I very rarely buy something new when you can take something older (and cheaper!) and fix it up exactly how you want it for a lot less.  Found this plain simple stool in a thrift shop in town.  It would have been […]

I found this really cute desk on a Facebook yardsale group.  I loved it right away, but it needed a little TLC.  It sat in the garage patiently waiting until I was ready, and now that the Craft Shack is nearly complete it was time! Using cheap white spray paint I sprayed the whole thing […]

Budget.  I think people throw that word around too much.  I think people also associate “Budget” with “Cheap” but that isn’t always the case… if I have $1000 to work with, that is a budget.  But if I had $10,000 to work with, that would also be a budget.  Same word, very different amounts! When […]

I have seen this one all over Pinterest! I wanted to do it myself, but it looked a little bit complicated since I don’t know anything at all about dismantling electronics. It turned out to be really simple! You can turn a Vintage TV into a dogs bed. I wanted to keep the wood look […]