About a year ago I picked up a king sized headboard on trash day and threw it into the back of my truck. The truck was new and sparkly; the headboard was old and dirty. I didn’t need a king sized headboard. Not at all. ... [ Read More ]
Fabric Hutch
Over the long dreary winter, I painted a couple of pieces of furniture and put them together to store and organize some of my fabric in the basement. I did all the painting in my living room (yes, I know my husband is awesome for letting ... [ Read More ]
Hello, you beautiful bucket of rust!
I love tool boxes. Cheerful, Useful, Organized Storage, what’s not to love? I had a plastic one when I was a kid….maybe it was a tackle box? Pretty much the same thing. I loved the little containers inside and the ... [ Read More ]
Road kill door
On garbage day last week, I drove past a house with a mound of stuff set out at the road. I wanted to stop, but I was on the way to work and I was driving our little car. Well, what do you know! On the way home, it was still there, so I took a ... [ Read More ]
waste management
Why, oh why don’t cars come with a built in trash can? I don’t need anything fancy like the car from “Back to the Future 3” that runs on trash. I just want someplace to collect it all in a neat and tidy fashion, you know? My fancy SUV is loaded, ... [ Read More ]
vintage suitcases
“Are you shipping your kids off somewhere?” my friend asked, looking at the little suitcases lined up in my living room. I actually use them to store games that have lots of pieces. The big green baby is full of wooden blocks. The medium ... [ Read More ]