Flickr Photo Credit: Beachut
Hand written recipe cards, old journals, immigration documents, awards, old newspaper clippings . . . these are all things that can be digitally preserved. Read the rest of this entry »
Flickr Photo Credit: Dazzie D
Have an old window kicking around without the glass panes? Looking for a “put it to use” project? Read the rest of this entry »
Flickr Photo Credit: Daxiang Stef
Looking for some fun and frugal seating ideas? Needing all the storage you can find? This post should help. Read the rest of this entry »
Flickr Photo Credit: Jef Poskanzer
We have an old Coca Cola soda cooler. The kind that sits on the floor and opens from the top. When we start to build our new place, we are going to have it sandblasted, repainted, fitted with castor wheels and putting a larger stainless steel wrapped table top on it. Since it was such an unusual item to use as a kitchen island and provided so much style, I decided to think for a bit on what other ways you could create a kitchen island on a budget. Read the rest of this entry »
Flickr Photo Credit: B. Frahm
Since storage, display space and decorating seem to go hand in hand when you’re on a budget, who doesn’t need ideas for shelving solutions? Read the rest of this entry »
Flickr Photo Credit: Photo-Mojo
If you’ve recently inherited an old set of dresser drawers or picked one up at a thrift store / dump, you may be wondering what to do with it. Depending on the style of the piece, numerous options are available to you. Read the rest of this entry »
Flickr Photo Credit: Thor-Erik Rodland
If I see unique items that are outside the mainstream, I like to document them for possible future use. Read the rest of this entry »
Flickr Photo Credit: Delgaudm
These things have tons of character, and are usually available for next to nothing at tag sales and salvage yards. Read the rest of this entry »
Flickr Photo Credit: Tim Parkinson
A design idea popped into my head one day. Two wooden pallets sanded and spray painted black, then attached end to end to form a long dining room table top. The base could be either the X-shaped or basic legs design. Add a piece of beveled glass to the top with rubber stoppers to control slippage, and you’d have a great formal dining piece with loads of “loft style”. That’s when it hit me. There must be other project ideas out there for these things. Read the rest of this entry »
Flickr Photo Credit: Trebz
Most of these are more expensive than the ones I’ve made myself, but they are creative. You may be able to modify these ideas yourself to save even more money. Since my first post on making your own pot racks got a phenomenal amount of views in the first few hours, I decided to put up these other ideas I found as well. Hope they help! Read the rest of this entry »
