Always evolving, Never Average
A couple years ago, I made a milk jug skeleton for the kids for a Halloween decoration. There are a bunch of versions online and on Pinterest — here is one that is pretty good. It took about an hour and a half to make, and the kids loved it. I don’t know if I …Read More
I love the look of Pottery Barn Kids’ Furniture, but my bank account doesn’t. Plus, if there’s anything I’ve learned since being a parent, it’s that new furniture will look new for approximately 30 minutes. Luckily I happen to be a magnet for free furniture. So when I saw this dresser on the side of …Read More
A couple years ago, I made an advent calendar for the kids out of a bunch of mismatched socks I knew I was never going to find matches for. It was a little bit cheesy, but I spent zero money on it and the kids loved it. It lasted for two years before it fell …Read More
A couple weeks ago I got a text… There was a table on the side of the road. I dropped off Number 3 and 4 at school and went to check it out. I gave the table to my father. He’s like the Duke of Refinishing. I asked him to strip the top and stain …Read More
I’ve got friends texting me and messaging me now when they see things on the side of the road. A friend spotted this last week and messaged me on facebook . I drove right over and snatched it up. It’s an old medicine cabinet. It was missing the back, but it was pretty solid. My …Read More
My husband got this from a customer who was throwing it away. It’s the top to a hutch. The customer had attached a bulletin board to the bottom section of the hutch. We removed that bulletin board section (it was just attached with velcro). My husband built a simple base for the bottom of the …Read More
I found this chair on the side of the road. It was originally brown (I forgot to take a picture before I primed it). I took the seat cushion off (just flip the chair over and there are usually 4 screws on each corner to unscrew). I used the free paint from the paint store …Read More
