A Lesson In Contentment (Or Maybe I Was Just Being Cheap?)

Recently I think I experienced a lesson in contentment, or else I was just being cheap. You can decide for yourself but as I was starting to write this blog post a light bulb went off inside my head. I am 99% sure my feelings were an example in the shift of my thinking as […]

Our Garage Sale Dud – Revamped TV Table

Every year we have a humongous garage sale in May and all year long we keep it in mind as we clean, organize, declutter, purge and rearrange. Every year we also end up selling at the sale pieces of odd furniture we have acquired from other garage sales (with the best intentions to “do something […]

How to Make a Recycled Ladder Shelf

Have you ever seen an old or broken ladder set out for the trash, or stumbled upon one super cheap at a garage sale?  We have, and here is an idea for you for the next time  you see them again! Recycled ladder shelving An old ladder can become extra shelving in your garage or […]

How to Make a Free Garden Dragonfly – Using Repurposed Funky Junk

By now you know we love projects, and we also love to save items that we think we can repurpose down the line into something new, creative and fun.  It’s kind of a passion, and Jim is the BEST at saving items and envisioning them as something else. Sunday he was outside, which is usual […]