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During our recent Friendapalooza (otherwise known as a glorious 4 day staycation!), you might have noticed that we dropped by the Randolph Street Market. (This was sandwiched between Do-Rite Donuts and a yummy lunch at Handlebar; yes, we absolutely indulged that day.) Our goal was to only browse and get those happy endorphins jumping, as [...]
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Hey there, lovelies. Since our Vintage Market is less than ONE WEEK away, I thought I’d pop in today to [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve had requests to share my favorite etsy shops and finds. Dare I say I spend more time browsing etsy than pinterest? It’s true. I’ve decided to try weekly etsy features and see how they go over. Let me know if you enjoy them! This week on etsy I stumbled upon the most amazing collection [...]
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Last spring I got an email from an Art of Doing Stuff reader who lives in my general area. She said she had spotted a vintage suitcase out for garbage pickup while she was out for her morning walk. She lugged it home, emailed me and asked if I’d like it. Um [...]
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I found 2 metal vintage stools at a garage sale for only a few bucks, one had a back and one didn’t.
I unfortunately don’t have a place to use stools, so I knew I needed to repurpose them somehow.
I removed the black vinyl pads and the back support, then painted the stools an aqua color. To protect the paint and age them a little more I used a dark brown wax.
I made the table top from a piece of stock pine and distressed it to look like weathered barn wood, in my next post I’ll show the process I used.
The metal around the diameter of top is actually galvanized pipe strap, this can be found at any hardware store, then I used upholstery tacks to attach and fill in the holes on the strapping.
The stools already had holes in the top from the attached pads so I didn’t need to drill any holes to attach the tops to the stools.
It was an easy project, now I have the perfect sized side tables.
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Old vintage windows are great, usually only a few dollars at the flea market or even free like this one.
A friend was nice enough to give me 2 old windows because she knew I could use them for some project, thanks Linda!
This window frame actually had 6 window panes, but I didn’t want the individual panes,
so I just removed them (sorry I didn’t take a before pic).
I decoupaged the map to an 1/4 inch MDF board.
When I decoupage, I like to use either thinned down white glue or thinned down mod podge, and using a brayer will help smooth out any bubbles.
Picking out the map was the hardest part, I have about 20 Vintage Readers Digest Maps from Countries all over the world that I recently found at a garage sale.
I think I see more framed maps in my future.
I was lucky to find this unique, farmhouse cabinet at a yard sale recently. This cabinet would be the perfect piece in a farmhouse style kitchen, for extra storage or as a pantry.
The old latex paint was peeling and dirty, but…
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One of my customers at Loot told me to keep an eye out for a buffet for her new home. A couple weeks later, I found this long dresser at an estate sale and I though it would make a perfect buffet for my customer.
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Continue Reading →Blog sponsorship. It’s a touchy subject. But the truth of the matter is, if you have a blog that receives a fair amount of traffic, blogging turns into an expense – financially speaking. When I first created House*Tweaking, I had a free Blogger account and I was working part-time as a pharmacist. Blogging was purely [...]
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I picked this vintage dresser and bed up at a yard sale in Sacramento.
The set had been covered in a red enamel that was cracking and peeling in places. I did not want to strip the entire surface, so I peeled off the red paint, in …
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