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Happy New Year, Baby!
5 commentsI love old baby dolls, the more loved and ragged, the better. This little darling was in great shape at the thrift store, not ragged, but lonely. So I adopted her and gave her a new life. I took her...
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Iron Pipe Lamp
4 commentsI built this lamp from iron pipe and a gramophone horn, the white and black herringbone cloth cord gives it a good look.
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Jewelry Tree
4 commentsI used the remains of my hibiscus plant to make this jewelry tree. I bought the wood base at the thrift store for a buck. I'm happy with the results!
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Rustic Signs 2
7 commentsRustic signs made from repurposed, recycled and everyday objects.
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Rustic Signs
8 commentsHere's a couple rustic signs made from letters created from repurposed items and everyday objects. The Potluck sign was donated to a local community garden to mark their "Potluck" plot and the Love...
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A Junk Piece with Multiple Uses!
14 commentsSometimes you find that piece that after looking at it for awhile, you realize that there are a plethora of uses. This is one of them!
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License Plate Art: International Edition!
5 commentsSome photos of recent projects I've worked on that differ from my typical American patriotic perspective. Japan, Canada, Australia, and a Canadian maple leaf flag. Lots of fun finding these license...
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One style two looks. Paris End Tables
7 commentsI started on a mission to make two matching end tables, but in the end, I made the same mistake twice, had to start all over and well, feeling pretty dumb now ( you'll read why), I have two non matching but very fun end tables!
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Tiny Wheel barrel
2 commentsOne of my best friends gave me this about 5 years ago. It was just the plain ole ugly brown gathering cobwebs. I saw it's potential. It wood go nice in a cottage or country cabin. My freehand...
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Plain ole board turned floral beauty
1 commentI think I had this for scrap wood. You know me and the paintbrush. AND,,, these flowers are hand painted by me. Not decoupaged. He he!!! I believe I gave this away as a birthday gift. I think it...
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From Pickle jar to this.
1 commentYes,, I got the paints out and the decoupge. I love the stuff. I have boo coo tablets of paper for decoupage. It adds soooo much character to the right item.
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Refurbished old school chair.
1 commentI found this prize in a ditch close to our home. I no longer have it. It sold very quickly. Of course the paint brush and decoupage, it turned out spectacular. I really liked it. But didn't have room...
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Mexican Pine Pieces Goes Asian!
3 commentsWe picked up two of these at auction. One was converted into a bar last week, but this one went to an existing client who wanted a custom Aisian themed piece for their bedroom. This... is the...
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Van Gogh Inspried Hutch
2 commentsThis is a custom commissioned piece ordered from Chelle by an existing client. She wanted a piece for her daughter inspired by Van Gogh and Parisian themes and this... is the result.
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Junk Mafia Rat Rod - Stella Gets Her Groove Back!
4 commentsDarren and Ed, collectively known as the Junk Mafia, have a local radio and cable TV show directed at the repurposed and antique crowd in the Kansas City area. They have a rat rod wagon that they...
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TWA Island
4 commentsThis wonderful cabinet was found at auction, cleaned and sealed leaving the original patina in tact. Found a piece of marble that perfectly fit the top and added 4" wheels to bring it all up to...
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Kansas City Here I Come! Dresser
1 commentVintage chest on chest with the Kansas City skyline added by Chelle! Come to Repurposed Designs and see other works of ours.
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KC Union Station Chest
1 commentEarly 1900's chest with handpainted art of Kansas City's famous Union Station added to the front. Come see other works of ours at Repurposed Designs!
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MY LOVE TREE
3 commentswhen we could not successfully remove a tree from our yard, I decided to make her an object of love. I placed a church birdhouse on the top and made a sign out of old bits and pieces and hung...
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How To Turn an Old Coffee Table into Beautiful Signage
6 commentsAn amazing woman in my town is doing amazing things with a park the city had otherwise left as "forgotten" in a neighbourhood that is, well, it needs some prettying and a better reputation. She wrote and asked if I would contribute a sign for her children's butterfly garden she wanted to create in the new community gardens that were being built in the park. I had the perfect piece that I had been keeping for just an occasion!
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GARDEN BUNNY
3 commentsWith all of the rocks in my gardens, there just had to a rock bunny...
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Hand-Painted Children's Chair
4 commentsEat your carrots is the theme for this child's chair painted in the Mackenzie Childs style. It started out as a vintage high chair missing the tray. I cut thelegs off to make it into a child's chair...
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You Guessed It - More License Plate Art!
5 commentsIt's been a busy 2013! Here are a smattering of projects I've worked on so far this year using vintage license plates. Many more pieces over on my website. Hope you swing on by for a visit!
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A look at what I start with.
4 commentsYour ordinary trinket boxes at their starting point.
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Terra cotta Clock
Pretty Terra Cotta Pot Saucer turned unfunctional clock. For looks only.
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Garden Art
1 commentThis was made with found objects.I have it for protection around the outside of the house.
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Sizzling Mid Century Wall Art
4 commentsPicked these up at a local thrift store. These are vintage, made in Japan wood holders for metal BBQ plates.
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Playing with Barbwire
1 commentLiking old rusty things...I decided to make a ball out of old rusty barbwire...Anyone want to play ball?
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Chalkboard from Crib
9 commentsIf you ever wonder what to do with those old cribs that can no longer be used, you may want to try this fun project. Just sand and paint. For the chalkboard -- simply make your own chalkboard paint...
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Dorm Room Wall Addition
2 commentsI needed something for my dorm room wall and decided to turn one of my favorite quotes in a masterpiece. I started with a blank canvas, pasted a collage of magazine clippings on it, stuck letter...
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