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introduction and first time post!

curlyrachel, member | March 16th, 201013 comments

i'm a newbie here, and kind of to the "junk" world, but i've loved old things for ages! i come by it honestly; my dad restores old cars and license plates, and my mom loves all sorts of...

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Pink Sweater turned lampshade covering ..

TroyRash, member | January 22nd, 201013 comments

i had an old drum style lampshade .. i had a big bulky pink sweater with awesome big pink sweater covered buttons .. i had the current issue of country living magazine, which has an article on...

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slipcovers bring it all together ..

TroyRash, member | January 17th, 20108 comments

i had 2 different pairs of chairs - one a simple mission style and the other a sweet queen anne style - i wanted to group them around a white table - so i pulled them together by sewing together some...

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army cot transformation

TroyRash, member | December 28th, 200933 comments

I took an old army cot and dressed it up for a relaxing spot on the back porch, under a tree or just about anyplace. I used vintage fabrics and covered a queen size feather down comforter I had...

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Texas Hoarders Estate Junk Sale

TroyRash, member | October 26th, 200912 comments

my partner and i have been preparing for our big warehouse sale - we are hoarders - were - no, are - however, we have decided to release some of the things we have saved - sharing pics of the...

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From Vanity to artwork station.

Madreama, member | October 22nd, 20099 comments

I took a forgotten vanity and turned it into my new work station for painting art work.

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dreamsicle linen & silk lampshade tied w/ a bow

TroyRash, member | April 28th, 20099 comments

I knew when I saw the frame to this lampshade what I wanted to do. It just kind of spoke to me. The frame was just that, a frame, bare and a bit rusty. I scrubbed off the rust and wrapped cotton...

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HAPPY EASTER! vintage bunnies & lots of them.

whiteflower, member | April 11th, 200911 comments

Every holiday I put out my little wooden vintage handmade bunnies. I have two dozen of these little guys. Perfect in their old original creamy white paintnbspnbspI...

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The Ugly Duckling turns into the Swan

Witty46, member | February 27th, 200912 comments

Taking a Flea Market find and making it into something so pretty and useable is really rewarding. I love to sew and this little chair is not my first. The front is just an apron and the back is just...

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It's the Sign of the Season...

Jim Healy, contributor | December 5th, 20087 comments

I found some twigs (Doesn’t take much) that inspired me to build a Christmas sign. I wanted it to have a 1940's Vermont cabin feel.

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Embellishing Old Mirrors

catbishop, member | November 30th, 200810 comments

Here's something you can do to snazz up old mirrors and use up vintage trinket collections. This old mirror was left in my circa 1930 house, i embellished it with a vintage gold frame and old metal...

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