Antique Vanity Mirror Turned Wall Shelf

Of course I can not find the before pictures anywhere. Just imagine a dirty, old, dark wood vanity mirror without a vanity. I picked this piece up at a garage sale a few weeks ago  with the intention of giving it a makeover.

Another Thrift Store Bread Box Makeover

The last two weeks have been busy working on Fall projects for a quickly approaching craft show, keeping my booth at the antique mall stocked and tidy and working on custom barb wire wreaths for a wedding in Colorado.   I have fit in some time to do a couple thrift store makeovers too. Here are two of them.  

 

I know, another bread box.

It seems I run across these often and they always sell quickly, so why not.

 

How I Remedied an old Medicine Cabinet with Glass Etching

Well I did it. I tried glass etching for the first time on the mirror of an old medicine cabinet.   Wow was it easy.   The hardest part was lining up the vinyl stencil, it took me numerous tries to get it centered.  

 

Dirty White Cabinet gets a Fresh New Farmhouse Look

I mentioned earlier this week that I worked on a little white cabinet to put in my booth and here it is.  

 

 

Nautical Wood Paddle Makeover

The saltwater in my veins always draws me to nautical decor.

I'm especially loving the use of vintage oars in home decor right now   and....   I found a pair at a flea market recently. They are from the New England area and have perfectly weathered blue paint on them.  

(here they are, in the right corner in my new booth)

 

Spice Drawer Apothecary Cabinet Makeover

Just wanted to share a spice drawer cabinet that I madeover this week.   I thought it would be fun to change it up a bit and do two colors.    

 

Thrift Store Bunny Makeover into Faux Chocolate Bunny

Last Spring I made an Easter centrepice for our cabin table that had a faux chocolate bunny in it. (you can check it out here)  

It was my version of one Martha Stewart had made.

 

 

I had searched for the faux chocolate bunny for a while before I found one at Hobby Lobby.

I checked this year and haven't found any there yet.

A few people have asked where I got the bunny from

and because they seem to be hard to find I thought I would share an inexpensive option.

 

 

You may already have everything you need to make one.

 

Makeover Mondays - Trashy Bread Box

I've been giving a lot of thought to establishing some weekly series blog posts.   My thoughts are going kindof like this: Makeover Mondays: thrifted finds that were given a new life Tending the Garden Tuesdays: gardening projects, ideas and tips What We're Up To Wednesdays: current projects around our cabin Tasty Thursdays: a recipe using something in season from the garden Frugal Finds Fridays: my favorite frugal find(s) that week   With that said - here's my first official Makeover Monday project:   A wood bread box from my dads work. He saved it from being thrown away because he thought I might be able to "do something with it".  

 

Thrift Store Makeovers and My First Silhouette Cameo Project

It's cold outside and there isn't much happening in the yard sale or flea market world right now. Which makes it a perfect time to stay warm inside working on projects.    

 

Wood Christmas Sled Mini Makeover

After a wonderful visit at my moms last week,  I came home with a truck load of goodies   This wood and metal sled was one of them!  

 

It's definitely cute, but I decided to give it a mini makeover.

An Old Handmade Medicine Cabinet Gets a Little First Aid

It was speaking to me. I loved it. I loved the fact that it was handmade. I loved the fact that even though it had a couple of coats of paint, the inside was left natural. I loved the fact that it had history.

This old medicine cabinet was a barn find during a recent trip to Pennsylvania. I'm not even sure the owners knew they still had it. When I pulled it out from under a table and asked them how much they were asking for the piece they looked very confused. Maybe they were just wonderring why I wanted it. It was $1. SCORE!!!! Here it is, in all it's painted up dirty glory.

The first layer of paint was turquoise and then a second layer of a pinkish peach paint covered that and then add some dirt and spider webs.

 

Check out the inside. Never painted! The back is made from old tongue and groove beadboard.

 

My husband was with me when I spotted this and I think even he wasn't sure what I would do with it, but I had a plan.

 

First things first, the cabinet received a good scrubbing. Then I proceeded to remove the old hinges.

 

 

Unfortunately, they had a couple layers of paint on them also and were a bit of a challenge to remove. Eventually I was able to get them off. Then I soaked them in paint remover. I wanted to reuse them and was hoping they would have an aged look after the paint was gone.

 

With the hinges removed, I was able to separate the door and the main part of the cabinet. The next step was to give both pieces a good sanding, then I could proceed with my vision.

 

I painted the edges of both pieces black.

 

 

I did this in hopes that when I painted the entire piece white and distressed it, the black edges would show. It kindof worked.

 

 

It took three coats of white paint to get good, even coverage everywhere. Once both pieces were painted and lightly distressed I designed a first aid cross in the center of the door...

 

 

...and painted it red.

 

 

This took about four coats of red paint to get a solid colored cross. I distressed the cross a little too.

 

 

Now, onto the main part of the cabinet. First, I cleaned it again and then gave it a coat of danish oil to help protect the natural wood.

 

 

Back to the old hinges. After removing them from the paint remover and rinsing them really well, I used a wire brush and was able to remove all of the paint from them and the screws. They looked aged and I was thrilled that I was going to be able to use the original hinges again.

 

 

 I screwed the new, old hinges to the cabinet and the door. Once it was put back together I sealed the outside of the cabinet with a protective clear matte sealer.

 

Here it is, after a little "first aid" :)

 

 

I'm more in love now. My husband was even a little impressed with the transformation. If only I could show the original owners in Pennsylvania. I think they'd be pleased that their cabinet has found a new life. What do you think?

 

'til next time,

Adina

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Dated Canisters are Given a New Life

I picked up a set of dated glass canisters with wood lids that had porcelain knobs quite a while back from Goodwill. I had the best of intentions to paint the lids and add great knobs to them, but there they sat. Knobs removed from the wooden lids, lids sanded and ready to be painted and no inspiration.

I took a trip to Hobby Lobby to pick out new knobs in hopes that I would find some that moved me. There were too many choices. I just couldn't decide, so the canisters sat for another year, unfinished.

Recently, I have tried my hand at transferring images onto wood by using wax paper. You can read more about that process here, if you would like. While I was looking for an image for a different project I found these fantastic number images and it hit me! The canisters. Put the numbers on the canister lids! I purchased the images for number 1, 2 and 3 from this shop on Etsy.

Now I had to climb into the storage loft in my shop and dig out the canisters. I painted the wood lids with a butternut yellow paint first and then white paint. Once they were dry I gave the edges a light distressing so that the yellow would peek out in places. Then using my wax paper I printed the images and tranferred them onto the lids. I darkened the numbers in a little with a black colored pencil.

Lastly, I sprayed a coat of clear matte protective sealer on them before adding new knobs to them.

 I happened to have knobs that matched the number images in color and design, so I used them.

These old canisters now have new look!

They are heading to my Etsy shop, as they just don't work in my little rustic log cabin home.

 I think the next project I work on should be something for me to keep, for my home :)

'til next time,

Adina

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Plain Wood Serving Tray turned Shabby Farmhouse Decor

I'm definitely liking the end results of transferring images onto wood, plus it's quick and easy.

Here's another Goodwill makeover that I worked on this week using wax paper to transfer a Farm Fresh Milk Cow image onto a plain wood serving tray. I purchased the image from an Etsy shop called Graphic Marketplace. You can check them out HERE.

 Before

After

As you can see, the tray got a new coat of paint, after a thorough cleaning and sanding. I lightly distressed the edges of the tray to give it a shabby look and then transferred the image onto it. Lastly, I sprayed the tray with a clear matte sealer to help protect it.

If you want to see another transformation that I did using one of their graphics go HERE.

If you would like to find out how I easily transferred the image onto the wood tray using wax paper, click HERE. This will take you to another post that links to the steps to do it, along with numerous other methods that you can use.

Here's a closer picture of the image on the tray.

I did lightly color it in with a black colored pencil just to darken it a bit.

I already have another project started using this method, again, that I'll be posting about soon. If you'd like to see a cheese box that I madeover similar to this tray click HERE.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at my makeover.

'til next time,

Adina

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Cheese Box Turned Shabby Farmhouse Storage

Here's another image transfer project.

It's totally making me wish I had an adorable farmhouse to use it in.

This started out as a plain old wood Wisconsin cheese box from Goodwill.

The box itself was in good shape. I grabbed it as soon as I saw it, but then I wasn't sure, so I put it back. I grabbed it again a few minutes later and still wasn't completely sure what I could do with it. I bought it, brought it home and began looking online for a graphic image that I could transfer onto it. It wasn't long before I spotted this cow image HERE and purchased it. I wanted a dairy/cow/farm image to coincide with the fact that this was a cheese box.

This is the second project that I have used wax paper to transfer an image onto painted wood.

 You can see the other project and read more about how this is done HERE.

The Etsy shop I purchased the image from even provided a reversed image, which saves a step.

I painted the box white and lightly distressed the edges before I transferred the image onto the top.

The image wasn't quite as dark as I would've liked for it to be so I used a black colored pencil and lightly colored it in a little.

You can kindof see a difference in the two pictures after I colored it in.

I also sprayed a clear matte sealer on the box to help protect it. 

That's it. I love how it turned out!

'til next time,

Adina

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