Reviving Roadside Finds
Recently a friend gave me a couple of things for helping her pick out some new furniture pieces for her house. Among them was this side table. It was in awful condition-- it was super scratched up and had even been stored outside for awhile. Not necessarily the shape or style I would normally choose,... Continue Reading →
Sometimes you just need to rehab something, but time (or energy) may not permit you to do all that you'd like. Doing even a little something creative is better than nothing. Remember when I talked about shortcuts in Part One of Rehab Diaries? Shortcuts generally don't work out, but a quick fix isn't exactly a... Continue Reading →
I am loving these looks right now... apparently I am ALL about the COLOR this week! 🙂 Not sure where the photos came from, I've just shimmied them into the "inspiration" folder on my desktop over the past week. Notice a common theme (other than color) going on here? All of these items would make... Continue Reading →
Here's the thing...I am SO TIRED of my living room. It is really, really pretty. I have a beautiful sage green couch that you just sink into, a gorgeous hand me down paisley goldish-colored chair. I have a green and gold rug with gorgeous vine designs with accents of burgundy and the tiniest bit of... Continue Reading →
I've been putting off this rocking chair project for over a year because I don't have a clamp to hold the pieces together while the wood glue sets. Call it laziness, call it procrastination, call it I-just-can't-ever-remember-to-buy-the-darned-thing when I go to the hardware store. Today I was feeling inspired and decided "no more excuses" was... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago, I saw a sign for an estate sale. In Bel Air. Now, I'm pretty nosey, so half the time, I want to go to an estate sale just to see the house and get some ideas for the dream home I'm building... in my imagination. Okay, so, I made a... Continue Reading →
With the craziness that's been grad school, I haven't had time to rehab much stuff lately. Instead of giving up my favorite hobby, I thought I'd try a shortcut. Well, we all know what they say about taking shortcuts. I've been itching to work on these $14 beauties since I bought them at Goodwill a couple... Continue Reading →
Yes, I am all about inlay. Yes, I have been debating getting a similar effect with stencil, yes I struggled to find just the right side table to stencil, and, yes, I had a bit of trouble learning the "right" way to stencil. The key seems to be patience, which I severely lack. And since... Continue Reading →
I have to say I love a good light fixture. And when filming Flea Market Flip for HGTV, I loved making this one! Why? Because I got to use a saw-zaw to cut the legs off of a nasty old birdcage. There's just something special that gets my blood pumping while tearing stuff up with... Continue Reading →
Remember my post about  knowing when to quit? Apparently I don't. And that's not always a bad thing. Here's a picture of the dining set finally finished (and I'm so, so happy with it!!!) The neutral gray legs and chairs balance out the bright orange and Tiffany Blue. I'm sneaky and took a Tiffany & Co. catalog... Continue Reading →
Roadside Rehab 