A while back I posted, Dune Buggy Memories from Silver Lake Sand Dunes, about a childhood vacation where I took my first (and only) dune buggy ride. In that post I vowed to come with some kind of souvenir memento creation for the vintage photos from that trip. In attempt to obtain a slightly vintage looking 1970’s serving tray with a…
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Once considered junk, rusty old items have become trendy furniture, garden art and home decor. I myself haven’t mastered this look, but I have needed to make newer nails and hardware look rusty from time to time, and along the way, I discovered a non-toxic, no-nonsense method to make rust, using potatoes! There are plenty of ways to make nails…
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This nail head foot stool is the first entry of “Project Bachelor Pad,” which will be ongoing as I help my son bring together furniture and mementos from our home and family. He’ll soon be finishing up grad school and may be employed far away from home, but I’m not about to let him forget where he came from. To…
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Tongue In Cheek Tuesday #3 – Junk in Our Trunks The Once Upon a Time Respectable Buffet Tongue In Cheek Tuesday#3 The Once Upon a Time Respectable Buffet Once upon a time, she was a respectable serving buffet, in a respectable room for that matter! Sure, I’d lay down the occasional piece of mail on her… or my set of…
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Have you ever come home from the store realizing that you forgot the very thing you went to the store for in the first place? Well that’s what happened here, and that’s how this project was born. We just filed our income taxes last week. I was ready to check that chore off my list, as soon as I stored…
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