Step Ladder Side Table

Chipped green paint, rust, metal...ahhh...just my cup of tea :)

I had all the pieces given to me by my friend who owns the local antique shop when he was cleaning out his back shed. I had the holes drilled by a professional glass company here in town and attached it to the top using 1920's screws (off an old couch/futon thing in my basement). I loooove it!

"EAT" Sign, Made From Old Cheese Graters!!

This project was very simple. I already had the graters on hand, ive collected them from thrift stores for a while now. I used colors in my kitchen and stenciled on the letters. They look pretty fabulous sitting above my sink :)

Ammo Crate Table

I found this old ammo crate at an estate sale. My dad and I made it into a table with old tobacco sticks. I am completely in love!

Tobacco Stick Flag

While searching in my Dad's barn, I found a pile of century-old tobacco sticks, gnarled from weather and use...and perfect. I quickly shimmied up the rickety old latter up to the hay loft and threw a bunch out the loft window, onto my truck bed below. A flag seemed the perfect project for these old warhorses, perfectly sturdy, perfectly southern, perfectly American. 

Ok, now for the how-to. Very simple, really. I started with 9 sticks, painted 5 red, 4 white. The red ones started out as blue (oops), but then quickly got a coat of red on top. I LOVE the way it looks, the blue peeking out, highlighting the grooves, bends, gnarles in the wood. The white, I brushed a coat of Americana craft paint over with a foam brush, leaving some wood to show underneath. I blocked off a square and spray painted that blue. For stars, I tore white rags and tied them on, in an alternating fashion, three on each stick. I took another stick and sawed it in two pieces, arranged the painted sticks on top, drilled pilot holes and screwed in the screws. I made sure to use mismatched screws for that eclectic feel. That's it people! SO SIMPLE and CUTE! 

Tobacco Stick Buttons

My dad and I made these buttons today from an old tobacco stick. He cut and drilled, I sanded and polished. Like an assembly line. I love the wood grain and the rustic feel. Also, the history behind the half century old oak. They were used on my Granny and Poppie's tobacco farm, year after year, stacking the tobacco for dying in the barn loft. The sticks are hard and weathered from use, so each button is unique in shape, width and texture.

They are for sale in my Etsy shop. $.75 each. Measures 1" By 1" approximately.

Hook Set, With Vintage Forks and Reclaimed Cedar Shingles

Remember those funky forks I got? Well, I bent them into hooks and mounted them onto some old cedar shingles. I love that you can see the outline of a door handle that was once there. Attached with mismatched screws, the look is slightly primitive/industrial chic. I love it :)

For sale on my Etsy page, $8.

Junking Adventures

Just a few of my latest junking finds!

Vintage Morton's Salt Tin

Vintage Copper Fireplace Scuttle Bucket

Metal Star

Chinese Calligraphy Brush, Goat hair and bamboo handle

1950s Cowboy Pin Up Set

Vintage Cooler Planter

I found this old metal 1950s? cooler at the Salvation Army for $4. I grabbed it up and took it home!
But, I couldn't decide what to do with it...and then, inspiration struck! It'd be a awesome planter! I had this trellis in the back yard. I put it in and put some plants in. That's it!

It even has a drain hole in the side already! How perfect!

VIntage Baby Scale

Isn't this vintage baby scale I found today just the cutest??

For sale in my Etsy shop!

Vintage Candlestick/Plant Stand

I just love the sinuous, almost dragon-like carvings on this one of a kind candlestick/plant stand I made. I also love the color, a bright chartreuse. I love it so much, I'd like to keep it, but I can't trust my one year old around it. So, it is for sale on my Etsy page!

Vintage Star Wars Masks

I just love these vintage Star Wars masks I found! They are handmade, signed on the back and dated 1981. The set is for sale on my Etsy page.

Vintage Mirror

I picked up this ugly old mirror at the local thrift store for $.50. I unscrewed the back and removed the mirror, leaving just the frame. I then sprayed it with some teal spray paint. Teal looks good on about everything, don't you think?

Then, I cut out some scrapbook paper in the shape of the back and mod podged it on. Looks so cute, don't you think?

From Trash to Treasure, Lawn Chair Edition

I got these metal lawn chairs out of the trash heap at my local antique dealer place. They were, admittedly, in rough shape, but I knew I could make them cute again. I wiped off all the dirt and began painting with my favorite spray paint, Krylon Dual Paint + Primer.. This is how they turned out! Cute, huh?

JUNKING!

I have been thrift store shopping a lot lately, and I just wanted to share some of my finds!

A 1960's ammunition box, $1

A old handle with memo clips (hey, it's neat!), $.50

WWII filing cabinet with files, $12.75

Some old lawn chairs, shown here after I painted them, FREE in the trash at an antique store.

A radio flyer wheelbarrow, $3.50

A KitchenAid pink mixer, $16.75!

Two brown apothecary jars, $.50 each