Turns out, “LOVE” is the easiest word for me put together out of stuff like nails, old hardware, keys, springs. Pretty much, any kind of junk that looks like a letter is fair game if it can be screwed or glued down. The first “love” sign that I ... [ Read More ]
Every Family is Awesome, #2
If you saw this creepy picture in a pile of free junk, would you have grabbed it? It is a solid piece of wood with a funky carved edge all the way around it, but that’s pretty much the only thing worth mentioning. It came with a ... [ Read More ]
Every Family is Awesome….
I could look at this picture all day long. I love her grin and I love this quote. The combo of them together is almost too much. Be still my heart. I had an old cabinet door from ReHouse, and painted it with some random paints ... [ Read More ]
ReHouse workshop #1: Chalkboard drawers
Have you been to ReHouse lately? So.Much.Fun.Stuff. It’s like Pinterest in real life with salvaged potential projects everywhere you look. I was hired to maintain and improve the ReHouse Architectural Salvage page on Pinterest, but I ... [ Read More ]
Love on a door (cabinet door up-cycle)
I love a good “Before and After” project, don’t you? I took two orphaned cabinet doors from ReHouse and turned them into Valentine decorations. 1. I primed the pieces with white paint. (Then transferred the remaining paint from the ... [ Read More ]
Drawer fronts into art
One of my goals in working at the ReHouse is to take items that are of little use and turn them into something useful or beautiful or MAYBE, POSSIBLY both. Unless attached to a drawer, a “drawer front” is not very useful. Definitely not ... [ Read More ]