Home & Decorating

DIY Traditional Light Pendant From $1 Shades

I looked around my house the other day and realized that at least 90% of…

Lifestyle

DIY Painted Curtains

Normally, I write a column about hunting for quality thrift and flea market goods and…

Fashion

Easy DIY: Upholstered Flea Market Chair Flip With Nailhead Trim

British journalist and economist Evan Davis thoughtfully observed, ‘A chair’s function is not just to…

Home & Decorating

DIY Vintage Thrift Door To Cute Headboard

‘When one door closes, another one opens,’ or so goes the age-old adage to describe…

Lifestyle

Simple Furniture Rehab: Tips and Tricks To Find The Best Hidden Treasures

I have written about different methods of rehabbing old furniture: from adding fabric to creating…

Home & Decorating

DIY: Thrift Store Serving Platter Mosaic Revamp

Mosaics are, in the simplest sense, a grouping of small, sometimes broken materials, joined together…

Home & Decorating

Transform Thrift Store Votives Into Glittering Lights

The other day, despite a zillion deadlines, I found myself aimlessly wandering through an antiques…

Fashion

DIY: Vintage Dresser Knob Wine Stoppers

In his Vicar of Wakefield, author Oliver Goldsmith wrote, ‘I love everything that is old;…

Home & Decorating

Thrift Store Treasures: DIY Upholstered Dining Chair

I love chairs most of all. Random, perhaps?  Nevertheless— A chair can be plain and…

Lifestyle

Thrift Store Treasure: DIY Fabric Flowerpots

Love it or not, the holiday season is descending upon us. For many of us,…

Home & Decorating

Makeover A Thrift Store Coffee Table With Chalkboard Paint

There are few things that remind me more of autumn than chalkboards. Fall to me…

Fashion

DIY Treasures: Transform Thrift Store Furniture With Decoupage

When someone mentions the ‘three year itch,’ chances are they are referring to relationship troubles….

Home & Decorating

DIY Treasures: Make A Lamp From A Thrift Store Vase And Reveal Your Inner Light

I should have ‘knocked on wood’ last week after having an internal Stuart Smalley-esque conversation….

Home & Decorating

DIY Treasure: Design A Framed Velvet Jewelry Display

Earrings are like socks: when it’s really important I find a pair, I can only…

Fashion

Treasure Hunting for DIY: The Upholstered Coffee Table

When I was a little girl, I was obsessed with two things: pirates and fashion…