Foot Stool

 

I made this for my son...lol.

 

 

 

 

I found him a papasan chair at a thrift shore for 20 bucks!

 

 

 

This is me bring it home in the back of my Toyota corolla! He loved it except for the fact that it didn't come with a foot stool....:(.

 

So I decided to make one!

 

I used a five dollar milk crate and an old chair cushion I had.

 

 

I painted the milk crate brown to match patio furniture. Cut a piece of wood to fit the top. Cut the old cushion to fit the size of the wood and covered with an old curtain I picked up at the thrift store. I then screwed the wood to the top of the milk crate.

 

 

This took all of 30 minutes and cost me 7 bucks!

 

 

 

 

 

Burlap Bulliten Board

I have seen a few of these on Pinterest and thought I would give it a try.

 

This one turned out really cool!

 

 

I made this from an old canvas oriental picture I had laying around.

 

I covered it in burlap and tied a rope for a hanger. I attached a letter holder and shelf. I attached some jute twine and clothespins to use for notes. I attached a mason jar with some raffia grass to use as a pencil holder.

 

I added a little chalkboard next to it and some décor and it made a great little message center.

 

 

I did this in about an hour while watching TV one night.

 

 

Entry Way Mud Room / Hall Tree

This was a project I have been trying to get done for a while!

 

It took a lot of work, a lot of thrift shopping, and POWER TOOLS! Yep that's right I had to purchase and use some power tools....YEA!

 

 

It started off with this:

 

 

The headboard got cut into two pieces. One for the back of the bench and one for the shelf.

 

I attached a shelf and coat hooks to the bottom portion of the headboard.

I then put a piece of wood on the top portion of the headboard so that I could attach it to the coffee table.

I painted the coffee table and cut a piece of wood to cover the top.

 

I covered the wood with some cushion and fabric.

 

 

I attached the painted top portion of the headboard to the back of the bench.

 

I hung the painted shelf with coat hooks on top. Added some decorations and key holder on the right.

This was a bit of a tough project but lots of fun!

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

A Gift from a Friend!

     This project was inspired by a gift from a friend. I wouldn't have done anything like this for a while without this inspiration.

     The gift was the bird feeder hanging in the middle. Most of the stuff used here was from the junk pile that the owner left in the back yard. I also used a watering barrel that I had sitting around for a bird bath.

 

I put them together and painted them and then I went to Home Depot (my favorite place) and picked out some pretty flowers. I'm by no means a gardener so we will see how long it lasts.

 

But for now it is beautiful, thank you friend!

 

It's been a week or so and we are seeing a lot of birds and butterflies. Very enjoyable to just sit and enjoy the wildlife!