My New Rustic Writing Desk from a Salvaged Sewing Treadle and Reclaimed Wood

 oh my!  this is embarrassing…. in order to give you some back story on this fun little project, i had to locate the photo taken of the salvaged sewing treadle my husband found and brought home.  i finally find the photo posted on IG, and oh my, oh my….it has a time stamp.  46 weeks? 

how I hide ugly with awesome rusty junk

I’ll do just about anything to hide something I don’t like… In this case I didn’t enjoy looking at the electrical box and conduit climbing up the wall as a backdrop to my flowerbed. So, I tried to find away to hide it, at least make it melt into the scene so it didn’t stick

The Charm of Old Windows

Saturdays in the fall are good for a lot of things like, cleaning house, laundry, yard work, washing cars… But every once and a while Jim and I ignore the chores, grab our coffee, jump in the car and go something fun. More often than not we end up in our favorite salvage place, Discount

straddling the fence {rustic garden}

I believe his exact words were: “I found a ladder and brought it home for you” I can’t be sure though…he lost me at ladder as my mind begin to embrace this new addition to my little rustic garden My husband is my superhero! I’ve…we’ve been looking for old wooden ladders for years.  We see

11 + ways to repurpose a vintage door knob

door knobs, vintage door knobs, how many ways can I use thee …let me count the ways;   #1 ~  My all time fave….the “photo holder”, this is my version; rustic of course, but their are some wonderful things being done with a simple piece of wire and a door knob. A few little twists

punched and framed

Old fencing, sheet metal and three iron stars and your done! Next time you see a neighbor throwing away old fencing, stop by and pick through their trash pile Chances are they’ll never know you did and old fence slats make really nice frames I never imagined that sheet metal would be a staple in

what do you call it?

Any idea what this is? What it was used for? Why did I buy it? What would you do with it? Any thoughts? It’s about 7″ in length and each hole is about 15mm. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts! peace. love. rust.

14 Days of “Make it Merry” Holiday at Home

It’s my day!!!!  Finally! I was so excited to do this blog hop with Diane at Home Sweet Homemade and 12 other amazing bloggers that I’ve had trouble keeping a lid on the topic of my post, Holiday at Home. My contribution marks the middle ground in this 14 day journey of Make it Merry

a salvage junkie’s dream

Today two of my closest friends thought of me and asked if I wanted something they didn’t want anymore. Isn’t it wonderful to be loved and thought of by others.  I was tickled pink when I heard what it was.  Then I was giddy when I received a text with photos of what they wanted

itch’n to create

Restless & Stressed Nope it’s not a new soap opera, it was how I felt today. Chocolate didn’t even help…although I gave it a good shot and put a good dent in the Ghiradelli milk chocolate chip stash. I couldn’t concentrate on work no focus. no productivity. It finally dawned on me what was wrong.