Rescuing a Family Treasure

Brittany from SuperWoman always has a cool makeover up her sleeve on her blog. I love this trunk trunk and that it’s special to her family.  There’s a cute story to go with it (visit Brittany to read more).

Before:

After 2 days of stripping paint, fixing the old hinges, removing rust off metal, trying to get the 100 year old musty smell out, and putting 5 (yes…5) coats of polyurethane on, she finally had her new coffee table.  Total cost:  $15. 



Unbelievable gorgeous rescue:

Original brackets before:

Restored:

Isn’t it amazing?  How special that it has sentimental value too?  We don’t have anything like that in our home. How about you?

Brittany – thank you for sharing your gorgeous restoration of a special family heirloom.  Great story, beautiful makeover!

MINI transformations

Samantha from I Heart Mini caught my attention and curiosity with this note:

“I’m constantly making over my 864 sf 1950’s rancher, and any old piece of furniture I can cram in it!”

Intrigued, I checked out her projects.  I’m so glad I did!  Check out her kitchen remodel!  What a beautiful makeover and creative use of small space. This doesn’t exactly look like a mini-makeover other than the kitchen space is small but Samantha made great use of the space that she does have.  I love it!

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See MORE pictures and details at 

A Kitchen Renovation: The Grand Reveal.


Now for some accent furniture makeovers…

A Landfill Chair Makeover

Chair Before

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Now…it looks brand new! Somebody loves it! 
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Foot stool before…
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Now…
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Great job on everything, Samantha!  The kitchen is gorgeous! So many space saving solutions and it looks amazing! I love the chair all cleaned up and little foot stool re-do.  Thank you for sharing your before and after transformations!

See more at I Heart Mini.

DIY Shipping Crate Bench

TGIF!  I’ve got a little something to show off for…Lucy Designs!


It’s a ‘faux’ shipping crate bench with cool casters!  

It used to look like this…

Now it’s this charming vintage accent…

She has a fantastic tutorial on the DIY steps, design,  antiquing and her ‘glazing’ technique, more pictures – see the back! It’s super cute too. Visit the full tutorial at 

Shipping Crate Bench